I really enjoy being a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP for Team System, however, I don't think I would enjoy it as much if the VSTS team wasn't as good as they are. They ABSOLUTELY get it! They have been nothing but open and engaging with "us" (the community at large) and work to continually add value to consumers of their product base on the feedback they hear (yes, they actually listen).
A great example of this is the Team System Power Tools - which the VSTS team release "out of stream" - working to provide customers value early and often without having for us to wait for service packs and major releases. The latest example of this is detailed on Brian Harry's blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/10/01/preview-of-the-next-tfs-power-tools-release.aspx
If you are a software vendor this practice is absolutely something you should consider adopting. First - listen to your customers and those who aren't your customers (because they aren't your customer for a very good reason). Next, don't rely on Big Harry Audacious Releases to solve problems. Trickle out the value, get feedback early and often, work this value back into the core product and the world will be a happy place.
Of course, none of this works if you are a software consulting company where value is more determined by the contract you are bound to. but I'm not bitter.
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