Followup to post re: community preview philosphy- May 13, 2004 Thanks for the commentsfeedback I received. A few additional comments (I'll try to keep this one short, or at least shorter). Josh Ledgard questioned the need for everydaily builds. I use the word &8220;every&8221; to make a couple points, one internally and one externally. The internal point is that &8220;shipping&8221; these builds - with all necessary extra info like content and quality - has to be automaticfree. If it&8217;s not, i.e. we have to decide which...http://blogs.msdn.com/markcli/archive/2004/05/12/130841.aspx Long-term goalschallenges of community tech previews- May 7, 2004 I was forwarded a great email thread from VB customers. Here are some excerpts (from multiple people): "I'm beginning to think "Community Editions" of products as large and complicated as Whidbey are NOT a good idea. Yes I said, NOT. Reason I believe the average non-NDA, Joe Blow developer (esp. those new to .NET or those who've not upgraded yet) out there get the wrong impression. These editions are just not up to the quality-bar that the major betas. And I understand that. Most...http://blogs.msdn.com/markcli/archive/2004/05/07/128148.aspx |