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Are we required to buy into MSDN now to buy VS 2015 Professional?
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I recall reading that you could still buy 2015 Pro without MSDN, but they do a good job of hiding the link to it in the Microsoft Store!
On this page they mention the standalone license, but there is no indication of where to buy it: Standalone[^]
They mention the standalone license at the very bottom of the page.
But the Community edition is just about the same and it's free.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
modified 20-Jul-15 18:10pm.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: But the Community edition is just about the same and it's free.
The community edition may only be used by individuals or in "non-enterprise" companies - there are limits on the number of programmersPCs and the turnoverrevenues of the company.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 21-Jul-15 7:14am.
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I've just downloaded and installed VS 2015 Community Edition. The "typical" installation includes:
- Targeting of Windows ONLY
- C#/VB source files ONLY
C++, F#, targeting of mobile devices, etc. must all be installed using "custom" installation.
Given that the highlighted features for VS 2015 were support for the C++ Standard and multi-platform development, I would expect at the very least that the "typical" installation would do a better job of highlighting these features.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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The lesson I've learned decades ago is to always pick the Custom option in all installers.
Especially when I know the installer I'm about to run takes forever to complete no matter how fast the machine is.
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dandy72 wrote: always pick the Custom option in all installers
Any self-respecting software developer should do this.
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Another good one is to never allow the installer to run the program after it's installed. Always check no and then run it yourself after the installer has exited.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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Is it too much to just select Custom before proceeding to Install? Also, even if you have installed them, updating your product isn't a tough job. Just go to Control Panel, click Modify and then select other features that you want to install or uncheck that you want to remove and there you are.
I don't think, this only thing is worth noting for when you get such a great IDE for free. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: Is it too much to just select Custom before proceeding to Install?
This is a User Experience issue.
It's not too much to click on the "custom" installation button, but when the manufacturer highlights certain features, I naturally expect them to be part of the "typical" installation.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You are not going to get much traction on this one, I don't think there should be a typical/standard option on developer tools. You should ALWAYS have to go through the custom install option.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Perhaps not. But every previous version of Visual Studio (I have used all versions from VS 4, back in the '90s, to VS 2013) installed all major supported languages as part of the "typical" installation.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: But every previous version
And how many were free? Which probably has absolutely nothing to do with the reason MS decided to change their typical installation.
MS do not need a reason to screw with consistency I think they do it for their own entertainment. Oh look if we change this from a menu to a new ribbonny thing we can really piss off the users, how about we change the colour scheme to white, lets go all caps for the menus. Lets drop Silverlight, now that should really stir them up AAAHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hic!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I seem to be in a minority of one. Not for the first time...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You have traction from me. Just restarted the installation - lol
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Son of a *itch! So, I cancelled out of the install. The package went through its unwind then says "Restart". I'm thinking, okay, I want to Restart the installation....
Anyone want to guess what really happened?  
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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When you are 15, you feel safe riding in the car with your dad driving, but he doesn't return the sentiment - he is as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs when you're driving.
When you hit 50, though, it's you whose hair stands on end when you are in the car with dad - when he's driving, that is. And he would probably prefer that you drive, too, he feeling more secure with the roles reversed.
Is this what is called "The circle of life"?
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Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Post this in the Backroom and I will gladly tell you the REAL difference between 15 and 50. 
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Sounds kind of scary; my guess is, you're going to say something like, "It takes me all night to do what I used to do all night."
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Given I am now the driver for my mom (88), I see what you mean. She will only drive a few miles from home now but I worry when she does.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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B. Clay Shannon wrote: When you are 15, you feel safe riding in the car with your dad driving, but he doesn't return the sentiment - he is as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs when you're driving.
Your dad was letting you drive at 15?
On public roads?
No wonder he was nervous. Was he looking for cops?
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My dad *was* a cop (CHP)> Search for "Shannon" here) and you will find him (Theodore R. Shannon). 15 is (was?) the age for driving permits.
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Your father seems like a damn fine officer. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Thanks; I still remember that day well; his eyebrows were singed off, and he was coughing from smoke inhalation, but he didn't seem to consider what he had done such a big deal - just doing his job.
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I remember taking my Mother out for lunch and as we were walking to the restruant we were chatting. All of a sudden she steps off the curb onto the roadway where there were a lot of cars going by.
I took hold of her arm so she couldn't wander into traffic and told her to look both ways before stepping out onto the road.
At that moment I had memories of her telling me the exact same thing when I was a small boy.
I realized then that the roles had reversed and things would never be as I remembered them. The circle of life had indeed turned.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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