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The blogscape is alive with posts – start your downloaders (p.s. if you keep getting bounced using Internet Explorer, try Firefox (it has a different download manager))…..
http://blogs.msdn.com/gduthie/archive/2007/11/19/it-s-alive-alive.aspx
ScottGu reminds us this is much more than “just VS2008” (SQLServer 2008 November CTP for one)
Dan Fernandez reminds us there are Express (Free) versions too (good screenshots) …..
Or the 90-day trial full version …..
Let’s not forget embedded/mobile – .Net Micro Framework anyone?
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