I think your comment is confusing RC1 with RC2. RC1 was a debacle. And their go live license was not particularly generous [1]: > Starting with the RC1, we are

I think your comment is confusing RC1 with RC2. RC1 was a debacle. And their go live license was not particularly generous [1]: > Starting with the RC1, we are including a “Go Live” license ... [the] duration of this license for the RC1 last until the next release candidate or the completed release of ASP.NET 5 (called an RTM release) that is currently scheduled for Q1 2016. So if you did choose to use RC1 in a production environment, you'd be unsupported as soon as the next RC or RTM occurred. You'd need to spend time upgrading your projects. Which means you're taking a gamble on the size of changes between RC1 and the next release. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2015/11/18/announcing-asp-net-5-release-candidate-1/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2015/11/18/announcin...