Comments on: Visual Studio 2008 lineup boxshots

By: Nuno Coelho

Nuno Coelho — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:45:48 +0000

oh god… another milion option of the same stuff

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:18 +0000

I think they look fine, although I’m not a fan of the plastic cases.. cardboard is much nicer (albeit harder to stay that way)..

I disagree with Daniel, sorry, I don’t think your points make sense, they aren’t boring, but you dare to say that after saying they should dump the bright green edition..

The darker ones are aimed at more business setups, so I don’t think its important that they are overly colourful.. but I don’t think any of them come under the category ‘dull’.

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Las cajas de Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:58:38 +0000

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By: Chustar

Chustar — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:49:00 +0000

@Roz: I like the designs, but why so many versions? I can only see two products for two markets…
Visual Studio 2008 Cheap Bastard Edition
Visual Studio 2008 Usable Edition
I guess since I don’t use visual studio I might be missing the point. But I HATE having to choose the craptastic version when the fully featured version is on the shelf giving me the stink-eye. It feels like I’m cheating myself because I’m too cheap to buy the better product.

By: Kd

Kd — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:53:44 +0000

Totally like them

By: marco

marco — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:01:43 +0000

i like them a lot – nice design, nice colors.

its a matter of personal taste eh

By: Roz

Roz — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:17:05 +0000

Daniel – this is “corporate dull” stuff what do you expect.

Chustar – whats wrong with versions tailored to specific markets.

By: Matt Sharpe

Matt Sharpe — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:32:03 +0000

I quite like them

By: Chustar

Chustar — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:51:50 +0000

Is is just me or does Microsoft seem to have an Obsessive attactchment to multiple versions of the same system?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:50:15 +0000

Christ what Godawful packaging! Someone in the arts department needs to be shot. I mean, alright, dev software is about as interesting as granddad’s slippers – but MSFT seriously needs to loose that addiction to vomit-green.

And what’s with that grey? It’s like something from an IBM advert from the 1980s. This has ‘corporate dull’ written all over it.