> h974***@graduate.hku.hk napisal(a):
> > Where can we buy VB.net?
>
> You can download Vb Express Edition here:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
> it is free also for comercial purposes.
>
> > Is is a free ware?
> generaly it is not freeware. You can download and use for free Express
> Edition but it doesn't offer all functionality which have
> Standard/Professional or Team System version, for which you have to
> pay. Here is comparsion of this products:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> sweet_dreams

> sweet_dreams wrote:
>
> > h974***@graduate.hku.hk napisal(a):
> > > Where can we buy VB.net?
> >
> > You can download Vb Express Edition here:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
> > it is free also for comercial purposes.
> >
> > > Is is a free ware?
> > generaly it is not freeware. You can download and use for free Express
> > Edition but it doesn't offer all functionality which have
> > Standard/Professional or Team System version, for which you have to
> > pay. Here is comparsion of this products:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Regards,
> > sweet_dreams
>
>
> Thanks for that I really appreciate that.

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>
> h974***@graduate.hku.hk wrote:
>
>> sweet_dreams wrote:
>>
>> > h974***@graduate.hku.hk napisal(a):
>> > > Where can we buy VB.net?
>> >
>> > You can download Vb Express Edition here:
>> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
>> > it is free also for comercial purposes.
>> >
>> > > Is is a free ware?
>> > generaly it is not freeware. You can download and use for free Express
>> > Edition but it doesn't offer all functionality which have
>> > Standard/Professional or Team System version, for which you have to
>> > pay. Here is comparsion of this products:
>> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > sweet_dreams
>>
>>
>> Thanks for that I really appreciate that.
>
> What if I don't wanna use Microsoft VB.NET?
> Are there any brands available?

> <h974***@graduate.hku.hk> wrote in message
> news:1157014402.748281.130000@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > h974***@graduate.hku.hk wrote:
> >
> >> sweet_dreams wrote:
> >>
> >> > h974***@graduate.hku.hk napisal(a):
> >> > > Where can we buy VB.net?
> >> >
> >> > You can download Vb Express Edition here:
> >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/
> >> > it is free also for comercial purposes.
> >> >
> >> > > Is is a free ware?
> >> > generaly it is not freeware. You can download and use for free Express
> >> > Edition but it doesn't offer all functionality which have
> >> > Standard/Professional or Team System version, for which you have to
> >> > pay. Here is comparsion of this products:
> >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/
> >> >
> >> > Hope this helps.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > sweet_dreams
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for that I really appreciate that.
> >
> > What if I don't wanna use Microsoft VB.NET?
> > Are there any brands available?
>
> What do you mean "brands?"  If you don't want to use Microsoft solutions, feel
> to free to use Java, C++, or one of several other free object oriented
> languages.
>
> Or maybe you want to use .Net but not Visual Studio.  In that case,
> http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ is a decent alternative.