64 bit

[David Carlson]

On 7/24/2014 11:24 PM, Buddha Buck wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:12 AM, David Carlson
> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     >>>> Visual Studio 2013 is free.
>     >>> of course, you THEN need a windows box/vm on which to run it. :)
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >> I assume that you are suggesting running 64 bit windows in a
>     virtual
>     >> machine on your 64 bit Linux OS host, right? :)
>     > No, i was just saying that even if you had af ree Visual Studio, it
>     > won't do you any good without a windoze system.
>     >
>
>     I think it is only free if you are a student.  Is that the same as
>     free
>     as in free beer?  ;)
>
>
> Visual Studio 2013 Express is free-as-in-beer, and not just for students.
I only needed to read up to the third sentence of the description of
Visual Studio 2013 to see that it is for hobbyists like me :) and not a
serious development package for professional products.  How else could
Microsoft justify a $13,299 price tag (per user) for the full product?

David C