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What do Microsoft and Borland stand to gain by giving away their .NET languange compilers for free?

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2006-08-08 14:08:27, Category: Programming & Design
Microsoft and Borland have created free versions of their .NET language IDEs (compilers). Since these are both profit-driven companies, where do they hope to make money by doing this?

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  1. ngufra

    On 2006-08-08 14:22:28


    visual studio express may be free but the regulart tools are far from free. A visual studio professional license is $700. Basically the license is free for those who would not spend any money anyway.