Comments on: Microsoft to license test software for real-world use

Says early versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 database are solid enough to run business applications.

[maeglin73]

Is it just me...

...or haven't they always been doing that with everything they've sold to date (including the operating systems)?

[Jeff Putz]

No...

No, beta stuff isn't usually licensed for production use. This is the same thing they did though with v1.0 and v1.1 of the .NET Framework and tools. Beta 2 is the solid milestone where the stuff is really usable.

[maeglin73]

Is it just me...

...or haven't they always been doing that with everything they've sold to date (including the operating systems)?

[Jeff Putz]

No...

No, beta stuff isn't usually licensed for production use. This is the same thing they did though with v1.0 and v1.1 of the .NET Framework and tools. Beta 2 is the solid milestone where the stuff is really usable.

[Jeff Putz]

A great day!

I've been waiting for this for a long time. So glad it has finally arrived. Watching some of the blog posts and such from the MS cats, it's amazing how rigorous the QA is on this release. I'm sure it'll still have a few bugs, but it's exciting to get the bits!

[Jeff Putz]

A great day!

I've been waiting for this for a long time. So glad it has finally arrived. Watching some of the blog posts and such from the MS cats, it's amazing how rigorous the QA is on this release. I'm sure it'll still have a few bugs, but it's exciting to get the bits!