Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Upgrade

Build applications for Windows, the Web, the Microsoft Office system, the .NET Framework, SQL Server, and Windows Mobile with integrated drag-and-drop designers; be part of a community of millions of developers
Visual Studio integrates Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ to support a wide variety of development styles; Editor features simplify the cycle of designing, developing, and debugging an application
Deploy client applications easily with ClickOnce, which enables developers and IT Pros to deploy an application and its prerequisites and then ensure that the application remains up-to-date
Build applications which target the .NET Framework, shortening development time by reducing the need for infrastructure code and helping to enhance application security
Use ASP.NET to speed the creation of interactive, highly appealing Web applications and Web services. Master Pages allow developers to easily manage a consistent site layout in one place

Customer Rating:
Summary: Upgrade info for YOU!
Comment: I'm positive you're reading this because you are wondering what is eligible for an upgrade. Relax cheapskates, virtually everything makes you eligible:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/it-it/vs2008/products/cc263904(en-us).aspx

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Upgrade Pricing Eligibility

To qualify for upgrade pricing, you must be a licensed user of one of the following products:

* An earlier version of Microsoft Visual Studio
* Any other developer tool (including free developer tools, such as Visual Studio Express Editions or Eclipse)

Upgrade pricing eligibility does not apply for Volume Licensing programs.
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If worse comes to worse, install the free express edition and register it, but it looks like any old version of Visual Studio will do.

You're welcome!

Customer Rating:
Summary: So far, so good
Comment: Have had one small issue with a bug using this product on a Windows Vista SP1 machine (it generates an erroneous warning while building a COM class library). Other than that, it seems to do what I need it to do.

Customer Rating:
Summary: VS2008 Standard Edition
Comment: I like the changes from VS2005, there is much improvement. The addition of AJAX and LINQ support is great.

Customer Rating:
Summary: VS 2008 Review
Comment: As always, VS 2008 does not disappoint. The UI is smooth and clearly laid out. Watch out for the "uses" libraries added to the default new ASPX form - they differ from 2005's and can break some older code.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Worthwhile upgrade
Comment: I think integrated support for linq and intellisense for javascript are enough to make this worth the price. Only problems I had involved 3rd party controls, but I think all of those issues have been resolved by the vendors now. Includes easy transition from ASP.NET 2 to 3.5 websites.