The whole VS package is rapidly turning .NET programmers into a hide-bound society of technicians trapped in an endless cycle of adaptation to new MS approaches, instead of helping them become ever more skillful and productive in design, architecture, and implementation…. I totally agree with Steve Forte [who voted for one version of Visual Studio] — MS is losing its appeal fast, and won’t capture new generations of excited and productive developers by pricing them out of the game with idiotically complicated packaging schemes.
