Don't call it Beta 1

I really don't like AJAX Beta 1 and probably will wait a few weeks/months before updating books/classes and whatever.

I don't want to question changes. But timing. Why Beta 1 now? The July CTP was a pretty good one and ready for Beta stage. What we have now is a brand new start and is probably less than a stable alpha. So again why now?

Not to mention the confusion generated by having two versions of AJAX--Beta 1 and value-add CTP. I can't just make sense of this and the strategy behind it. Just wait and see.

Which version should I study and teach? Both?
Which version should I recommend to clients and which to implement?
What if I have sites using July CTP? I feel comfortable only with Web services and UpdatePanel stuff

XML Script and page method don't work in my pages--it could just be me but this is a fact as of today. A lot of ugly JS code is being injected in my pages and should be programmed instead of XML Script. Really hope to be deadly wrong here ...

My guess is that A LOT  of this stuff will dramatically change in the near future. So I won't call it a Beta and still wonder why now ...