Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 support ends in April

Beginning next month, Microsoft will end support for its Visual Studio 2005 software development platform, which was released more than 10 years ago.
Microsoft's Eric Zajac, senior program manager for Visual Studio, stated on Friday that it's time to "say good-bye" to the platform. "In line with our support policy, starting April 12, 2016, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, technical support, or hotfixes, for all Visual Studio 2005 products and the redistributable component