New MSDN Prices and Packages Available

Microsoft has their new MSDN Prices and Packages available. I am sure you will be able to get them "real soon now" probably November 7th.

The way they break it down is interesting. You can get either MSDN or MSDN with Visual Studio 2005. The plain MSDN comes in two flavors: With Operating Systems ($700) and Without ($100). Both come with the MSDN Library (same thing available Online at msdn.microsoft.com).

The next levels all include Visual Studio 2005. It comes in three flavors: Team Suite which includes everything for $10K, Role Based for $5,500 (comes with one specific role flavor) and Professional. To make things interesting Professional comes in both Professional Professional and Professional Premium. Premium comes with Visual Source Safe 2005, SQL Server and Reporting, productivity Applications and stuff like that. Professional Professional just includes VS 2005.

If you are a current MSDN subscriber at the Universal, Enterprise or Professional level then you will get transitioned into one of the other packages. Universal has a choice of 3 levels to move to.

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