Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 now available for public download

MSDN Visual Studio Developer Center - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1

“Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 focuses on the core pillars of developer experience, support for the latest platforms, targeted experiences for specific application types, and core architecture improvements.

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Pretty much the same offering as what’s on MSDN, except I don’t remember seeing the Shell stuff nor the web installers on MSDN… So the public is getting even more stuff.

Please remember, THIS IS A BETA. Don’t put it on a production machine and if you do don’t whine if it jacks it up (or you have problems uninstalling it when Beta 2 comes out, etc, etc). DO install it. DO play with it. DO through what you can it at. Just do so with care and forethought. Beta != RTM. There ARE bugs, this is beta, man up, suck it up and deal with it. (Sorry, “Army Greg” seems to be in the house today ;)

Also remember about a “ton” of people may be downloading it. You won’t fail a geek-test if you wait until later/tomorrow/this weekend to get it (well I, at least, won’t make fun of you…)

(via tweet from Scott Hanselman)

 

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