Anyone ever looked at the price on "Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite" with a MSDN Premium Subscription". If you haven't, don't, because the price
will scare the hell out of you. For a moderate sized or larger company, the price isn't bad, but for small business that creates IT/business solutions for other companies, it is outragious.
The cost to buy this with the MSDN Premium Subscription is $15,000. Not sure if Microsoft adds tax or not, since it is a transaction on the internet and Microsoft don't own a business in every state
The reason I brought this up, I was looking at Visual Studio 2005 products on ebay and found several in the $1,000 and on up (I mean way up) near $5,000. The MSDN Premium Subscription cost a little over $10,000.
But those two products comes with a wealth tools, help, and resources. So, it is worth it, but the price to me is a bit excessive.
Just imagine what Missouri State University pays Microsoft for Visual Studio 2005. I mean, Missouri State University puts all their software on a server somewhere and allows all the computers in the computer lab access to it, but Microsoft is going to claim that you will need to obtain a special license to operate Visual Studio 2005 on that many computers.
Come to think of it, being an educational institute, Microsoft probably gives MSU a good deal.
I just couldn't believe what the powerful tools Microsoft sells sold for that much. I was thinking $400 per license.
I'm going to conclude with, I have never used a $5,000 program in my life. Well, at least not yet. Who knows, maybe I'll use one someday, but I doubt it.
--leave a comment after you get through reading this. I am interested
--in knowing what other people think about software that cost $15,000.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription
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No, dude. It's $5,000 for the program(s), $10,000 for the program(s) and the subscription. So $10,000 is the most you'd pay.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/Default.aspx Also, it's not really a '$5,000 program', but a suite. Big difference.
That being said, I've used quite a bit of expensive software. Probably the most expensive being Combustion 4 (video special effects) that starts at $1,000 per liscence. It's not really meant to be used in a mass workplace, though. Just by 1 single editting station. (So multiple liscences are really unnecessary). I consider it a very good investment honestly. That $10,000 package will probably help make whatever team buys it (and uses it properly) at least tenfold.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/Default.aspx Also, it's not really a '$5,000 program', but a suite. Big difference.
That being said, I've used quite a bit of expensive software. Probably the most expensive being Combustion 4 (video special effects) that starts at $1,000 per liscence. It's not really meant to be used in a mass workplace, though. Just by 1 single editting station. (So multiple liscences are really unnecessary). I consider it a very good investment honestly. That $10,000 package will probably help make whatever team buys it (and uses it properly) at least tenfold.
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the MSDN subscription gives access to a LOT of software though.I had the MSDN universal subscription, and I had access online as well as a pack versions, of EVERY program that had, from Windows 3.1 up, excluding games, at no charge. It's really quite a good deal for the right person. Also, our school has In academic alliance, which allows most of the software to be installed on sent university owned machine for one lump sum. It's actually a lot cheaper per station than anything you could find online.