February 2005 Tech Preview

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The Februrary 2005 Community Technical Preview (CTP) has been released.  This CTP includes VS Pro and all of the Express SKU's (VC#, VB, VC++, VJ#, Visual Web Developer).  The CTP releases have less quality assurance than betas, so for people who are more risk-averse, the Beta 1 release is a more conservative option.

We're getting closer and closer to Beta 2, and as a result the quality of interim builds like the CTP release is getting quite high.  For C# developers, I recommend giving the Visual C# Express CTP a try.  Installation is quick and easy, and it runs side-by-side with prior versions of VS.

--Scott