I was reading today that they are pulling it off the shelf...

What does that actually mean?

Will i still be able to open the 2005 interface?

I know i should be using 2008 but as i am just starting off in my uneducated programming lifespan i have found that the 2008 framework took up to one hour or more to install on some of my clients old systems.

That just deterred them from using my application.

regards
toe