as noted in somasegar’s web log, visual studio 2005 will see another public drop of the visual studio 2005 product lines.  some important notes to point out:

  • Visual Studio 2005 will release an RC1 in September, available to MSDN subscribers, early adopters already identified, and beta customers.
  • Team Foundation Server (TFS), the core collaboration, source control management, etc. for the Team System product lines will have a Beta3 release, including Go Live licensing support.
  • TFS will ship within the first quarter of 2006

 

a great post on asp.net, web services, and remoting performance:

Performance of ASP.NET, Web Services, and Remoting

scottgu just posted the details on the what/why of the visual studio web project system:

VS 2005 Web Project System

want to know some of the beta2 to RTM changes for asp.net? look below…we’ll be putting up some other API changes shortly as well…

beta2 to RTM changes

when we look at shipping products and feedback from consumers — we have to weigh all the possibilities and challenges.

i too, found myself in that “why not just fix it and get it in the final product, it’s like a 10 minute fix” response when using some features and issues with the vs beta products.

here’s a good perspective on some (not all) of the “whys” around that question:

shippin’ ain’t easy