It looks like Microsoft is trying to lower the entry barriers for new developers. They have introduced several new packages (currently in beta) which they’re calling “Visual C++/Basic/C#/J#/WebDev Express”
Info, and links to download the latest builds are here:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/
Evidently this what Scoble was talking about last week.
Originally posted: 2004-06-29 07:08:00