Visual Studio 2008 has RTM'd

It's done, officially announced today, so if you have an MSDN subscription you can download the English version of the product immediately. Still reading? Well then in case you need some reasons, try

• • 5 reasons to check out VS 2008
  • CI with VS 2008
  • 5 cool features in TFS 2008
  • 5 time-saving features in VS 2008
  • LINQ

Overall, Visual Studio 2008 provides more than 200 new features, aimed at

• • Improving developer productivity
  • Managing the application lifecycle and improving team collaboration
  • Targeting the latest platforms, such as Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server 2008

Still reading? When you could be writing a Silverlight application, or a workflow for Sharepoint 2007, or JSON-enabling your service so you can talk to it from your ASP.NET AJAX client, or writing a custom Windows Mobile app?

Expect trials to be available from Visual Studio Developer Center  or if you're in Ireland then check out https://www.microsoft.com/ireland/vs2008/Default.html