It was requested to keep this information confidential until 9:00 AM PDT today, but the hour has past. :)

I recently received word that Microsoft has retracted its initial plan of not including the Expression suite of tools (e.g. Expression Web, Expression Blend, etc) with MSDN.  After the barrage of concerned voices and complaints against this decision, Microsoft has decided to make Web and Blend available to all MSDN Premium subscribers (Web is available now to MSDN downloads).

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