Short feedback loops are a good thing That's what service packs are for. With a product that has as big a footprint as Visual Studio it will be impossible for

Short feedback loops are a good thing That's what service packs are for. With a product that has as big a footprint as Visual Studio it will be impossible for shops to keep up with the annual versions. Many will simply delay updates. Ironically, increasing the speed of major release may actually delay the introduction of some improvements by customers.