So, my team is working on the VSIP Everett Extras release of the VSIP SDK.  We have a beta about to be released.  Someone using an early release of this beta commented:

• I had a working C# WinForms project already and I was able to generate a VSIP Project using the wizard, copy and paste the various controls and supporting code, and get a working VS Tool window in under 2 hours! Within 6 hours, I had some advanced stuff working, including use of the new SelectionContainer helper class. And I have never done a line of VSIP code before today (though I have done a little reading of SDK docs over the past few weeks).

Pretty sweet if you ask me!