CTP Bingo

That Indigo Book - Microsoft CTP Madness

This cartoon made me laugh out loud...

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I've recently seen the "fun" people have when dealing with CTP's. A co-worker has been trying to play with the new Vista/VS2k5/WinFx/etc. And he's been pulling his hair out trying to get JUST the right mix of CTP's/Beta's/RC's to work. Sure there are a number of "install lists" posted, but still it's a major pain...

I REALLY like that MS is pushing stuff out to us fast. But the current speed might be just a little too much.

Coordinated CTP's with related infrastructure/components would save us some frustration. Maybe monthly CTP drops (like patch Tuesday) would help. It would also help build some excitement. As each monthly CTP release date approached everyone would be waiting with baited breath... and then post release everyone would be talking about it.

Now is just seems like a herd of cats...

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