>>Scrap the monthly newsletter. Let us know stuff when it happens.
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>I understand and respect your points here. I think what is set up in place now is a pretty good system when you combine the monthly letter as well as the blog (which is more weekly news). What I may do more and more is have news on the blog as it occurs and use the monthly letter to summarize things (since more people read the letters than the blog). The monthly letter is a nice way of piecing monthly news and activities together and I think many readers of it look forward to each one. If you have specific suggestions on how each (letters and blog entries) can be enhanced, let me know.

Blog + newsletter : I think you found a good combination. Nothing more to add.

Another suggestion. I found it a bit sad that you guys don't really work on improving the IDE. Unless I did'nt understant this part in the newsletter. Is that really a closed subject for your team?

The reason is that I go to monthly meetings and when they show stuff with .Net some of the things in the editor are really cool.