Microsoft has a pilot program under way to make hotfixes more easily available for the Visual Studio 2005 software development platform, a Microsoft blogger said.The program is intended to offer a subset of hotfixes. “The goal for the pilot is to allow you to download the most frequently [requested] Visual Studio 2005 hotfixes and for us to learn whether this helps you,” said S. “Soma” Somasegar, corporate vice president in the Microsoft Developer Division, in his blog.“Hotfixes don’t go through the same level of rigorous testing as service packs and product releases. Hence, we wanted to be thoughtful about how we roll this out,” Somasegar said. A broader selection of hotfixes is planned covering .Net and Visual Studio Team System. A list of hotfixes available now can be accessed here. Software Development