Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta: Experience Speaks.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. -- Saki Dear Microsoft: Well, you know the drill. Somasegar has this great post promoting VS 2008 SP1 beta, and it almost sounds like it's too good to be true, yes? I figured I'd give it a shot -- all the supposed new features sound so promising... The "Readme" is very detailed , and it outlines a whole bunch of failure scenarios, workarounds, and caveats. Just take a look at this stuff: Important This beta release is for early testing and feedback. As a beta release, we recommend you only install the service pack on test computers. Prior to installation, you should carefully review the included readme file to be aware of any known issues with this release. For example, this service pack has some known compatibility issues with previous releases, including: Expression Blend (all versions) Silverlight 2 Beta 1 SDK Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 Test computers? Somasegar has this blog ...