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Do you need help convincing your boss that your company needs to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010?  Or perhaps you are looking for additional ammo in your .NET vs. Java religious wars with your programming colleagues? Microsoft has produced a Silverlight-based “Myth Busting Matrix” for Visual Studio.  This nifty web tool details the benefits of upgrading Related posts: Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2 Documentation Available for .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010

Zain Naboulsi, a Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, has started the “Tip of the Day” series for Visual Studio 2010, taking the reins from Sara Ford. Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day Related posts:Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Now Available for MSDN SubscribersVisual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta Related posts: Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Now Available for MSDN Subscribers Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2

Microsoft is applying its Community Promise to the C# programming language and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI).  This means that anyone can freely build, sell, distribute or use programs with C# and the CLI without signing a license agreement or otherwise communicating to Microsoft.  This applies to all distribution models including open source and GPL.  Under Related posts: Blogs from Microsoft C# Development Team Microsoft to Share .NET Framework Code Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0

Microsoft has announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that includes an option to preorder the operating system at a substantial discount.  From today through July 11, U.S. consumers can preorder an upgrade from XP or Vista to Windows 7 Home premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99.  However, XP customers must do Related posts: Determine Windows Version and Edition with C# Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC Microsoft to Share .NET Framework Code