Luke, a PM on the C# IDE team has started a blog… should be a good source of info, especially around the new Express Edition.

<b><a id="viewpost.ascx_TitleUrl" href="/lukeh/archive/2004/06/30/170352.aspx">Intro + C# Express</a> </b>_... The project that I’ve been working on for most of my time at Microsoft is the _[<font color="#355ea0">_Visual C# Express Edition_](https://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/)_.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>So as you can probably guess, I’m really excited that the betas of the Express editions are now available for download.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It’s been really great seeing all the feedback we’ve already received on the Express idea after less than 48 hours._<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  ...</span>