https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2016/03/11/support-ending-for-visual-studio-2005/
But if I knew then what I know now, I would have gone an entirely different way when choosing a development software system. if you are trying to decide between Microsoft and anything else, choose anything else. They want to force you to purchase newer versions to boost their sales.
Jorge Reply : That’s how technology works. That’s why Adobe Flash is dying, that’s why ActiveX is dead. For good.
JT Reply : Just because it’s new and shiny today doesn’t mean it won’t be considered old and archaic someday too. If you want stability go off and code in COBOL – that hasn’t changed in 40 years
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