Visual Studio 2008 RTM before november 5th

blowdart wrote:



mawcc wrote: I really hope that we get to know more today. At least a timeframe for RTM availablility for MSDN subscribers. I'm a little bit annoyed that such a big secret is made of the estimated RTM date of VS 2008, even though a lot of people currently using Beta 2 would benefit from beeing able to plan their switch to RTM accordingly. Requests for more details on Scott Guthrie's blog have been left unanswered so far.

No RTM at TechEd. End of the month quoted for MSDN

blowdart wrote:



mawcc wrote:  Is that insider information or just guessing?

People are blogging at teched already

Microsoft Commits to November Release Date for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-05TechEdDevelopersPR.mspx

These latest releases are part of the broader Microsoft Application Platform, a portfolio of technology capabilities and core products that help organizations develop, deploy and manage applications and IT infrastructure. They also mark another major milestone leading up to the global launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on Feb. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Product Information and Availability

Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 will be available by the end of November 2007. The .NET Framework 3.5 will also be available to end users via a free, optional download from Microsoft Update. A CTP of Microsoft Sync Framework is available today at http://msdn.microsoft.com/sync. Popfly Explorer is a hosted development environment available today at http://www.popfly.com/">http://www.popfly.com. More information about all of these releases is available at http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio.

Actually, there appears to be a bug in the Beta 2, and its in Linq to SQL, and So I was wondering if MS has said the date at which RTM would be in MSDN Subscriber downloads?


Can we expect it by next Monday? Or is that too soon?