Microsoft has rejected a request from developers to push back delivery of its oft-delayed Visual Studio 2005 in order to fix bugs.
In addition, the software giant said it will include a significant new feature that will be introduced in an interim release of Visual Studio 2005 in the next week. Through a feedback form on the Microsoft Developer Network Web site, developer customers asked Microsoft to release a third beta of Visual Studio 2005, which is due for completion on Nov. 7. In the original suggestion, a customer said that Visual Studio 2005, which had a second beta program in April, has too many bugs and performance problems. "I"d rather have a good product six months from now than a mediocre one in three months," wrote Clint Stotesbery on Thursday.