Visual Studio Express

For a short period, beta versions of Microsofts new Express versions of their devlopment tools are available. The tools are trimmed down versions of the full Visual Studio Package, with each language broken out to its own part. Its designed for hobbiest programmers. I like the C++ one and Web Dev. Will be downloading them, as they are around 30MB each. Definately a shift from the 2Gig VS.NET install! I'm going to see if some of my old Visual Studio 6 C applications compile with it.

Express Site - Downloads and the FAQ

The new SQL Server Express 2005 is only 30MB. It will replace MSDE.