>>I guess PDC attendies in orlando got beta versions of the next release of Visual Studio.
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>>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2239735.html?pt.ms..feed.ne_home
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>>I wonder if this means VFP Devcon attendies can expect the same?
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>No...this isn't a beta. The article clearly states it's an alpha version.

I'm not seeing where it says it's an Alpha version. I read "test" version but not "alpha version". Besides, who does public alpha tests?