Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional to Visual Studio 2010

With Visual Stu开发者_C百科dio 2010 right around the corner, what does Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional upgrade to in Visual Studio 2010? Do I get 2010 for free, if I buy this flavor of 2008 now?

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If your subscription is still active when Visual Studio 2010 is released, then yes, you will be able to download Visual Studio 2010.

Microsoft has changed the MSDN licensing a bit; the "Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional" will just be called "Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN."

There's a press release from Microsoft explaining the changes (MS Word Link).

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If your MSDN subscription is active on April 12th, you'll end up receiving Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN Professional through the "Ultimate Offer" that is available.

I have some more information about the editions available in a blog post that I wrote.