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The tools are great, and there are a variety of MS programs available to get you using them at low (and sometimes zero) cost - Websitespark and Dreamspark (for
by PonyGumbo 16y ago
The tools are great, and there are a variety of MS programs available to get you using them at low (and sometimes zero) cost - Websitespark and Dreamspark (for students) are both good. From my perspective, the major drawback is that hosting is more expensive.
- troels 16y agoNot merely playing the devils advocate here, but what exactly do you mean by "the tools are great"? I have heard that numerous times about MS stuff, but I don't really get it. I find that the oss/linux/socialist camp has some excellent tools available. But maybe you mean something different by "tools" than I do.
- regularfry 16y agoVisual Studio is excellent. I have my doubts about MSBuild, but the actual code-wrangling side is very good. Doubly so if you plump for ReSharper.
- PonyGumbo 16y agoNo hidden message - I just meant that from my perspective, the tools are really nice. I use Visual Studio 2010 with Resharper for .NET development. I use Red Gate's tools for database management. There's plenty of great FOSS stuff. I didn't intend for my message to suggest otherwise.