For everyone who thinks the cloud-based option is a good deal (Visual Studio Online), I have to ask:
-- You are paying $550+ per year ($45*12+tax) yet you don't own the software
-- What projects are you working on where, if the software locked you out (due to non-payment, error, server unavailable, etc), you would be okay with that?
-- Lastly, how secure do you feel the source code you upload is?
In the wake of the Adobe breach, it would seem that "The hackers accessed our users' source code, user details, and CC numbers." would be far worse than "The hackers accessed our old builds, user details, and CC numbers." In the former, I would think there are legal ramifications for many of you. For example, if you have a contract that states that you can't share source code with a 3rd party, yet you upload these files to MSFT (a 3rd party) and they get leaked, how will you protect yourself if a client files a breach of contract lawsuit?
How is uploading source code to a cloud IDE different than using a hosted VCS like GitHub or Bitbucket, which is also increasing in popularity? Also the people who are deploying to Azure are already trusting Microsoft with their source code.
And you're not owning the software even with a normal Visual Studio license. You just get the binary blob and a license to use it, not the source code. Using the cloud-based version, you don't get the binary blob, but does that make a difference?
-- You are paying $550+ per year ($45*12+tax) yet you don't own the software
-- What projects are you working on where, if the software locked you out (due to non-payment, error, server unavailable, etc), you would be okay with that?
-- Lastly, how secure do you feel the source code you upload is?
In the wake of the Adobe breach, it would seem that "The hackers accessed our users' source code, user details, and CC numbers." would be far worse than "The hackers accessed our old builds, user details, and CC numbers." In the former, I would think there are legal ramifications for many of you. For example, if you have a contract that states that you can't share source code with a 3rd party, yet you upload these files to MSFT (a 3rd party) and they get leaked, how will you protect yourself if a client files a breach of contract lawsuit?
Interesting times and all that.