Microsoft offering SharePoint Designer for free
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft has decided to give away Office SharePoint Designer 2007 for free in order to get more organizations thinking creatively and building customized applications on the SharePoint platform. SharePoint Designer 2007, which previously cost $299.95, lets companies without coding experience build custom portals, extranets, intranets, Internet-facing sites and collaboration offerings on the SharePoint platform.
SharePoint is a major cash cow for both Microsoft and its channel partners, representing a billion-dollar business with more than 100 million licenses sold to date, said Tom Rizzo, senior director of SharePoint, in a video interview posted recently on Microsoft's Web site.