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I want to join Carlos Quintero on the need for a Beta 3 of VS2010. As Carlos mentioned, Beta 2 was not reliable at all on some features like the Addin API. But I am especially concerned about performance. These days, Brian Harry communicates a lot on what they are doing internally to enhance performance (See this post). This transparency is really welcomed. However, given the state of the Beta2, I think it is important that the whole community gets a chance to feedback if the final performance will meet their expectation or not. Brian wrote about performance metrics measurement:



We have assessed (and will continue to) why our metrics were telling us one thing and our customers another.



Given the fact that 1) Beta2 is too slow for the bulk of customers 2) the VS development team has problem measuring if performance is good enough, one more Beta round is clearly needed. VS 2010 is certainly the most awaited VS version for a decade. Vista was also a major awaited milestone but still, the less we can say is that it was disappointing. It is not in the interest of anyone that VS 2010 ends up as a Vista-like fiasco.



Hopefully, performance is something that can be always enhanced but this comes at an exponential cost: the more performance you want, the more effort is needed. Even if it means delayed schedule, the eventuality of a Beta3 should be considered.



Btw, I have installed the recent Limited CTP version on which I cannot say anything (I am under NDA) but I still maintain my stance: a public Beta3 would be more than welcomed.






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