Scott Wiltamuth’s C# blog has hinted that we might might see some service packs for Visual Studio 2003 and the recently launched Visual Studio 2005. Rumour has it, the service packs for Visual Studio 2005 might be available during the first half of 2006.

Whilst service packs are usually welcomed, I am a little concerned that there is talk of a service pack for Visual Studio 2005…so soon. I mean, it’s only a matter of hours since it was launched, and days since it reached RTM. I suppose Microsoft had to release the product during 2005 and have enough time to ensure a timely series of launch events, hence early November. Given that revenue shouldn’t be a real problem for Microsoft, I’m pretty confident that this isn’t a case of early release to bring in early profit.