Microsoft CTP madness strikes
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft is releasing previews of more of its technologies via Community Technology Preview builds. But mixing and matching CTPs is turning into a full-time occupation. They don't call it the "bleeding edge" for nothing.
Developers who have been working with the growing number of Community Technology Preview (CTP) builds of various Microsoft products are finding out the hard way what being an 'early adopter' means.
Testers (and Microsoft employees themselves) have run into difficulties when attempting to keep track of which CTP is which. In addition, CTPs of different products don't seem to mix very well with each other and/or with full-fledged beta versions of Microsoft wares. Sometimes, CTPs don't work correctly with shipping Micorsoft products products.