http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2009/10/16/my-history-of-visual-studio-part-9.aspx[All the other Parts: History of Visual Studio ] In the last posting I talked about the &ldquo;Whidbey&rdquo; release, VS2005, but I feel like I left out two really important aspects so I&rsquo;d like to start this part by rewinding a bit for thoseen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2009/10/16/my-history-of-visual-studio-part-9.aspx#9913773Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:46:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9913773AndyC<p>I have to say it's nice to finally see someone from Microsoft put their hands up and admit the VS2005/Vista situation was all just a bit poor. I recall being on the receiving end of a whole raft of excuses, none of which stood up to much scrutiny.</p> <p>Fascinating series of posts though, it's quite amazing how much developer tools have moved on, it really never ceases to amaze me. When I think back to the kinds of tools I started on in the early 80s and compare to what we have now, I can hardly even begin to comprehend the changes. What will we have in another 25 years? The mind boggles....</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9913773" width="1" height="1">