Ars Technica: No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8

by Volker Weber

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 Express, the free-to-use version of its integrated development environment, can produce nothing else.

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They say that you can still do this... ;-)Source: Within Windows

Christian Heindel, 2012-05-25

@Christian: That applies to the VS11 Beta. It is not sure if this holds true for the RTM versions. Currently I just hope and prey that by the time Microsoft cuts VS2010, the clang community has a rock-solid windows port. I might also ask for world peace while I'm at it...

Philipp Münzel, 2012-05-26

Microsoft changed it's mind and introduced the new Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop edition last week.

"With this new Express edition, developers will be able to use C++, C#, or Visual Basic to create Windows desktop and console applications. Developers will also get access to new advances available across the Express family in Visual Studio 2012, such as the latest compilers and programming language tools, integrated unit testing, and the ability for small development teams to collaborate via Team Explorer and TFS Express."
- S. Somasegar, The Visual Studio Blog

Christian Heindel, 2012-06-11

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