Visual Studio 2005 preview is out

It is very Buggy and it is not optimised so you can not use it as adevelopmet tool

VS.NET 2003 and above are (in my opinion) only really useful if
- you've made the jump to .NET (C#, VB.NET, or ASP.NET)
- you have no more dependency on old VC++6 CRuntime

I develop extension DLLs for an app developed with VC++6 and made the mistake of trying to move my VC++6 projects to VS.NET 2003.

I learned the hard way that the C-runtimes are incompatible if you are allocating memory in your DLL (built with VS.NET) and giving it back to the app (built with VC++6) that loads your DLL, since you're simultaneously using two versions of the C-runtime. Crash and burn time!

Also... learned the hard way that once you upgrade a development machine from VC6 to VS.NET, you really can't go back - your machine will be hosed if you attempt to revert.

Anyhoo... I like the new interface and am waiting for the day that I can kick VC6 to the curb and get the better-threaded STL, nicer UI, etc.

SM