VS 2005 Arriveth

VS 2005 has officially been released on Monday the 7th of November 2005. Contrary to Microsoft's previous statement that it would cost $49 it is now being offered free for one year.After the first year developers would still have a fully functional version with the same license that was granted when it was registered.The express editions can be downloaded from the MSDN web site. Microsoft has also included a lot of freebies with the Express editions and is also allowing the Express editions to be used for Commercial applications.