I really wanted them to get along. Live side-by-side in harmony sharing the same CLR but it wasn’t meant to be I guess.
I downloaded Visual Studio 2005 RC1 this week. I also grabbed the September TCP (Community Technology Preview) build of SQL Server 2005. I wanted to install both on my demo machine but there was no love between them.
Release Is Imminent
The last time these two programs coexisted in the beta world was last April. Microsoft needs to get the fixed and soon. The release is less than two months away.