Is VS2008 still beta?

[cj]

Is Visual Studio 2008 still beta or is the production release ready to
be downloaded from MSDN now?

Will it open and automatically upgrade VB 2003 projects?

I understand I can use it to maintain 2005 programs without upgrading
them. Correct?

Can I install it on my pc with 2003 and 2005 without keeping those
versions from working?

 

[Smokey Grindel]

VS2008 was released a few weeks ago to MSDN in RTM form... and 2005 and 2008
work side by side at least

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Cj,

VS 2008 has been released and you can get VS 2008 RTM (professional) from
the MSDN subscriber download center:

#MSDN Subscriptions WebLog
http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnsubscriptions/archive/2007/11/19/visual-studio-200
8-is-now-live-on-msdn-subscriber-downloads.aspx

Also, free trial edition is also available:

#Try Visual Studio 2008
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

Steven , AFAIK this depends on your MSDN subscription i for instance have a
Team system version of VS 2008 availlable for download
( even bether we have everything already installed on our dev systems and
are bussy to upgrade all our VS 2005 team system projects )

regards

Michel