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I spent all day today at a Visual Studio 2005 developer conference. I did not win the Xbox or portable media center as hoped, but I did get some free stuff and learned alot about the new features in VS2005. I'll again point to the free Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta and suggest you take a look. They even have a version for Linux and OS X now. At the conference, I met someone who is programming an interface in C# for aircraft sensors. Things like fuel gauges and airspeed sensors would reside on a common bus and report to a single computer. This would reduce the overall cost of repairing and operating aircraft. The project is funded by NASA so I immediately attached myself to this person until security removed me and the restraining order was issued. Free stuff and free food, along with lots of geek talk got me all fired up about the 2.0 framework. I'm consequently installing the framework after this post so if your computer burst into flames unexpectedly it's most likely a short. However, that short may be caused by your visit to this .net 2.0 enabled server. Something to keep in mind while you're downloading Visual Studio 2005 Express Beta.