Free Microsoft Developer and web design software for full time students

This sounds like a good deal. Free? Free? Sounds to good to be true :-). But it is.

If you are a full time student and into software development, take a look:

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Overview.aspx

Check the site for details, but at time of writing the products included were:

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition

Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

Expression Studio (includes Web, Blend, Media and Design)

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, with SP2

Cheers

Doug