Get Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
I have no idea what future versions of Office have in store, however I wouldn’t be suprised if .Net is part of them.
If you are interested in getting your feet wet with .Net for free (at least that’s my plans), Microsoft is giving away Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.
“Free shipping and handling on U.S. and Canadian orders, while supplies last.”
I almost ordered the Beta 1 Visual Studio, however the 10$ shipping for a DVD made me wait. Thanks to whomever came up with the free offer! (Perfect would have been a download 
I wonder if VSTO comes with it?
Top work Mark, on the 25th it should landing in Europe and if the deal is good, i’ll be getting it too.
on the eruope site it says
“What can you expect from the Beta Experience?
Visual Studio 2005 Team System Beta 2
Team Foundation Server Beta 2
WeFly247 training DVD
SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Community Technology Preview
The Beta Experience newsletter (6-weekly, terminated with the launch of the final version of Visual Studio 2005)”
so, shock no VSTO! ;0)
On a side bar
over as MW.com, i cant post a comment, the button that i think should be “post” says, convert to text – or something, when i click it i get another “raw” looking page, but it won’t post the comment.
cheers
no problem
my item info shows BackOrdered, oh well, I can wait.
Also, for mw.com, I commented on it here