As soon as Avalon for Windows XP came out I picked it up, Avalon being the most interesting new technology of them all (at least for me). Installing it is a pain, and if I haven't been using virtual machines for testing I guess I would be really pissed; this way, I just throw away virtual hard disk and start again. I actually read installation instructions, noted importance of order of installation, but I tried using CTP October 2004 version of Visual C# Express instead of Beta 1 which is what this release seems to expect (I am still not sure). The problem is in .NET Framework 2.0 betas that cannot be installed one over another, and the framework installation is always tried first.
I had the same issue recently with SQL Server 2005 CTP October 2004 and Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 refresh with Team System - .NET Framework would crash during installation of either of these two depending on the order of installation.
I'd really like for MS to stop throwing us scattered bits and pieces and unify release strategy, at least for products that are planned to simultaneously launch like SQL Server and Visual Studio. Thus when Visual Studio beta 2 comes out, it would be great if we got SQL Server beta 2 and not what is most likely going to be beta 3 or God know which refresh of which community test preview or whatnot.
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