Howdy Tom,

>As for when Visual Studio 7.0 will be introduced, that is unknown, but Steve Ballmer stated Around April of last year it would not be released until it works.
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For sure that is a very subjective statement. It certainly does not mean that it will be bug free (meaning, not everything will necessarily work properly). They don't release any OS either until "it works", but service packs will always abound...