Scott Guthrie is Program Unit Manager for the ASP.NET Team at Microsoft. You
can literally think that he invented ASP.NET from the beginning. :-)
1) It is the web app development tool part of VS Whidbey, yes.
2) Yes
3) Just because the technology isn't yet in the RTM stage, it wouldn't be
very reasonable to develop commercial apps with it. One reason being that
you might face unresolved bugs, changes in the API when next beta/RTM comes
out and so forth. It just ain't reasonable from maintenance standpoint if
you need to modify the software because the platform still evolves (because
it isn't in stable phase). And yes, you have licensing issues with beta 1.
4) Yes, you can make public/commercial apps when MS releases GoLive
licensing, but that will happen with beta 2. With beta 1 you have no chance
to make commercial app from licensing standpoint.
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Teemu Keiski
MCP, Microsoft MVP (ASP.NET), AspInsiders member
ASP.NET Forum Moderator, AspAlliance Columnist
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
"bredal Jensen" <br******@mimos a.com> wrote in message
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I'm currently downloading the Microsoft "Visual web developer 2005
Express" and i have a few questions in case someone could have insider informations
about this.
I have just attended a seminar with "Scott Guthrie" (Hope someone knows
who this guy is)
and i have been looking forward to get my hands on any widbey beta for web
developement.
So my questions are:
1) Does the above mentioned tool correspond to the VS Whidbey beta only
for web?
2) Will i actually have a chance to play with the 50+ new server controls
announced for whidbey?
3)( For people who have experience with VS betas) Is it stupid to attempt
to start developping real world apps with this tool?
Scott Guthrie said Beta 2 should allow this. But i do not want to wait
half a year or more , so i'm i beeing stupid to attemp to use it for commercial
apps?
4) Are there any licensing issues.
Well i doubt someone will answer all my questions but i hope anyone who
knows more about this then i do will tell me something usefull.
Thanks in advance....
JB