On: An analysis of the C#/.NET platform

[taspeotis]

The example was for the top tier VS Ultimate with MSDN. Depending on your requirements Express might suit you.

Which is 0% of the developer cost.

[pauloortins → taspeotis]

Working without plugins support is not a option for me. We have to always try use the most productive environment and if we can't do it due licenses cost, it's time to analyze the platform.

[taspeotis → pauloortins]

So you need at least Professional, which is 1/10 the cost of Ultimate. Which puts your percentages closer to 5-10%*

*Based off your claim that a developer is 10 to 20k and assuming USD I converted the prices from here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/pt-br/subscriptions/buy.aspx

Note retail can be cheaper, but you don't get MSDN with it.