The center of development of the Visual Studio Express in Russian has opened

The other day Visual Studio Express Development Center in Russian has opened .

Now, in your own language, you can learn about the fact that Microsoft has free products for developers, which can be used both for your own pleasure and for commercial purposes.
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It is interesting that on the resource you can not only download the free editions of VS 2008, but also additional pleasant trifles. For example, Facebook Developer Kit for development from VS applications for the Facebook platform. In the same place there are also small video lessons (truth, in English).

Or, for example, there is a section on the Popfly project, where you can create mashups with various popular Internet services.

By the way, what are your impressions of Visual Studio 2008 Express and, in general, of free Microsoft products - for example, SQL Server Express?