In case you haven't heard -- we've recently announced that Expression will be included on MSDN subscriptions. This has long been a source of controversy -- not just externally, but internally, too. I know that many of us evangelists bubbled up the anger we often experienced from customers; and you know, it was frustrating because, as we talk more and more about WPF, we are often asked about Expression and we needed to point out that it wasn't going to be available for download on MSDN.
I do understand the thinking of those at corporate: the Expression suite is targeting designers, not developers. Still, I think the right move was including it on MSDN.
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