>Howdy Tom,
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>>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...

Steve;

When Visual Studio 6.0 was released I had a coupon to send in to get that preeminent web development tool Visual J++, as it was not ready when Visual Studio 6.0 was first released. I still have my coupon, as I do not use Visual J++, my preference being JavaScript. At the time I recall I thought it was strange that the smallest and simplest tool included with Visual Studio 6.0 was not ready for release. Perhaps everything had to be done first or development of Visuall J++ was much more complex than we realize. There may have been legal issues with Sun that we are not aware of.

I know this specific problem will not recur with the release of Visual Studio 7.0 as Visual J++ is being dropped. Shipping dates can be more important than a product working well or even being included in the box.

Tom