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Visual Studio "Whidbey" Alpha Program Begins | |
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| Time: 04:48 EST/09:48 GMT | News Source: ieXbeta | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
Just noticed this through a link on Microsoft Watch: Microsoft has started the next big Visual Studio release "Whidbey" Alpha program and sent mails to the qualified testers last day. "Whidbey" is the code name for the release of Visual Studio that's expected to ship in 2004. Excerpt of the mail sent is given below: Dear Visual Studio "Whidbey" Alpha Tester, Welcome to the Alpha release of Visual Studio "Whidbey." For this alpha program, BetaPlace and Newsgroup services will be available to Whidbey Alpha participants. BetaPlace is Microsoft's technical pre-release Web community, where you, as an Alpha participant, can:
To access BetaPlace, go to http://www.betaplace.com. Sign in using your Beta ID and password, listed below. If this is your first time logging on to BetaPlace, you need to associate your Beta ID with a .NET Passport account. Microsoft private newsgroups are available for technical support. After you have accepted the End Users License Agreement (EULA) at the Visual Studio "Whidbey" Alpha BetaPlace site, within two business days you will be granted access to the private "Whidbey" Alpha newsgroups. These newsgroups are accessed from a dedicated news server and require a User ID and Password before giving access. All newsgroups for "Whidbey" Alpha program begin with: microsoft.beta.whidbey.* Thank you for participating in this alpha program. We look forward to your valuable feedback. The Visual Studio .NET and .NET Framework "Whidbey" Alpha Team |
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:22:11 AM |
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Another release?
Once a year is too often. |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at Tuesday, August 05, 2003 03:05:37 PM |
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#2 - They're basically bugfixes. Just seems like they could offer these as service packs.
Although, granted the $29 upgrade for 2003 made it not suck. JWM - HUH? |
| #3 By 2332 (65.221.182.2) at Tuesday, August 05, 2003 08:17:06 PM |
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#6 - "There is no reason for the average developer to upgrade to VS 2003 from VS 2002 (besides bug fixes)."
I beg to differ. In fact, I did differ: /reviews/software/devl/vsnet2003/ |
| #4 By 1845 (12.209.152.69) at Wednesday, August 06, 2003 07:59:59 AM |
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J,
There is a reason "Everette" wasn't called .NET Framework 2.0. It's a point release. It is not a major revision or addition. It's just a point release. Your hesitancy to upgrade from 1.0 to 1.1 betrays your agrument. If there is enough difference between them to break your applications, then you admit that 1.1 (and VS .NET 2003 too) is a new version. |
| #5 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at Wednesday, August 06, 2003 01:12:15 PM |
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JWM - Wait a minute....
Your argument is nonsensical. "I understand and agree with this. But I don't agree that VS 2003 is a new version of Visual Studio. " Oh, I see. You're arguing with Bushisms. Whether or not you agree that VS2003 is a new version is irrelevant. The fact is you have to update code and especially project and solution files to work with it. This is a goodly amount of work to go through just to get bug fixes. |
