[quoted text, click to view] "Computer Prog" <computer_prog@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have been using VS.Net 2002 Enterprise Architect for a while now.
> VS.Net 2002 Ent Arch included 4 packed discs (600+ MB) just for the
> Visual Studio .Net development tools. All of the other software (SQL
> Server 2000, Windows 2000, MSDN, Visio, VSS, etc..) was on seperate
> discs. When I installed the VS .Net 2002 development tools all 4 of the
> Visual Studio discs were required.
>
> I recently was offered an upgrade to VS.Net 2003 Enterprise Architect
> from my software vendor. He sent me the information necessary to
> download the software from their server. In this package the VS.Net
> 2003 Ent Arch tools were only on two CDs.
>
> Is that right? How can the never software use fewer discs?
>
> The following is what I was given permission to download. Is this
> everything?
>
> Disc 1 (295,551,497 Bytes)
> Disc 2 (156,189,655 Bytes)
> Disc 3: BizTalk Server 2002 Developer Edition (70,850,013 Bytes)
> Disc 4: Visio for Enterprise Architects 7.1 (116,735,001 Bytes)
> Disc 5: Windows Prerequisistes (159,387,938 Bytes)
> Disc 6: MSDN Library 1 (608,537,253 Bytes)
> Disc 7: MSDN Library 2 (603,260,304 Bytes)
> Disc 8: MSDN Library 3 (621,456,620 Bytes)
> Disc 9: Visual SourceSafe 6.0 (94,416,089 Bytes)
> Disc 10: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (569,667,584 Bytes)
> Disc 11: Windows 2000 Advanced Server (433,137,664 Bytes)
> Disc 12: SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition (342,233,284 Bytes)
> Disc 13: Exchange Server 2000 Standard Edition (252,826,455 Bytes)
> Disc 14: Exchange Server 2000 SP3 (172,952,031 Bytes)
> Disc 15: Host Integration Server 2000 (187,106,413 Bytes)
> Disc 16: Host Integration Server 2000 SP1 (118,290,856 Bytes)
> Disc 17: Commerce Server 2002 Developer Edition (169,624,556 Bytes)
> Disc 18: Commerce Server 2002 SP1 (146,705,880 Bytes)
That matches the CD's that came in my MSDN subscription (two CD's for the
product itself), so I'd say you're OK. It's not an upgrade, per se. It's the
complete product. You can run 2002 and 2003 side-by-side on the same PC if
you need to.
--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.