You want to download C# from free? Microsoft operates a free C# download page,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/Technology/Csharpdownload.asp However, one big difference is that you can download a
Java development kit from Sun, complete with compilers, etc, for free. What you can download for free from Microsoft is the C# specification.
As I understand it, the C# beta is free only to those with Microsoft Developer's Network Univeral subscriptions, and is currently ready for use only on
test machines. I imagine it will eventually be available at reasonable cost to the rest of us, but making it available to download for free would be outside the Microsoft tradition as I understand it.
[This message has been edited by John Dale (edited May 07, 2001).]