> And no, the pre-release line doesn't really apply here. When you release RC2 with a Golive license and publicly state "you can be confident to use it in Produ

> And no, the pre-release line doesn't really apply here. When you release RC2 with a Golive license and publicly state "you can be confident to use it in Production and we will support you" only to backtrack on it (days, weeks?) later then that's on Microsoft. Where did they do that? Does .NET Core even have an RC2 or an RC1? Are you talking about ASP.NET Core? Where did they backtrack on the Golive license on ASP.NET Core RC2? I don't think Microsoft has ever announced a release date for .NET Core, so why you were confident it would release at a particular point is confusing to me. There's also never been a release date for ASP.NET Core. Certainly, RC2 took a lot longer than you would reasonably extrapolate from the speed between betas and RC1, but I don't see much support for the rest of your post in any announcements I've ever read.