| Subject: VS 2008 licence |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 9/21/2008 11:03:00 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?aHVudGVy?= [Email Address Protection] |
Hi all, Just a dummy question re to MS licence. If i purchased VS 2008, i'm allowed to install .NET 2003 which i dont have licence for. (the reason why i still need 2003 for compatibility issue). Thanks |
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| Subject: Re: VS 2008 licence |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 9/22/2008 4:43:53 AM |
| From: David Wilkinson [Email Address Protection] |
hunter wrote: > Hi all, > Just a dummy question re to MS licence. If i purchased VS 2008, i'm allowed > to install .NET 2003 which i dont have licence for. (the reason why i still > need 2003 for compatibility issue). > Thanks hunter: I believe there is a thing called "downgrade licensing" but you would have to give up your VS2008 usage rights in order to activate it. -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP |
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| Subject: Re: VS 2008 licence |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 10/22/2008 11:23:06 AM |
| From: Julian [Email Address Protection] |
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:43:53 -0400, David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote: >hunter wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just a dummy question re to MS licence. If i purchased VS 2008, i'm allowed >> to install .NET 2003 which i dont have licence for. (the reason why i still >> need 2003 for compatibility issue). >> Thanks > >hunter: > >I believe there is a thing called "downgrade licensing" but you would have to >give up your VS2008 usage rights in order to activate it. If you have VS with MSDN, I think the licence implies that you can use as many copies of all current and prior versions as you need. The non-MSDN version of VS seems worse: whilst you can install an earlier version instead, you must replace it with the current version within a "reasonable" timeframe - and then you can't downgrade. |
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