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The question I have is more of a devil's advocate type question:

Let's say I don't care about any other frameworks other then .Net3,  I am just a C# developer, so I don't care about VB, Boo or any others. Why would I want to use SharpDevelop instead of using MS Visual C# 2008 Express Edition?

 BTW, I do like SharpDevelop. Good work guys.....

How about because SharpDevelop supports code quality tools such as  unit testing, code coverage and code analysis out of the box?

Chris 

That is a good answer. It however would have more meaning to me if I understood unit testing better. Where could one find this out?

Also the Express Editions are "LIMITED" in the scope of features or "things you can actually code" Project types etc.. not too mention I think if you have Web Express you can't install the Winforms Express - or you could but that overwrites the Web Express Edition... At least that was the way it was with the 2005 version. I code for both the desktop and the web.. and for me .. flexibilty is important. Also think about this - you want VB to C# conversion etc.. built in.. not even in VS2005 or VS2008 Professional editions...- but you have it here..

All kinds of reasons...lets call it flexibility.