Microsoft posted on Tuesday Visual Studio fixes geared to Windows Vista and an interview with a key executive touting Vista as a platform for application development.The interview features S. “Soma” Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division. Release of the interview coincides with the availability of Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Vista. The update, found here, fixes some problems with using Visual Studio to build Vista applications. Although initially planned for release late in the week, the Vista update is ready now it was completed sooner than expected.“With this update to Visual Studio, our goal was to ensure developers have the best possible experience on Windows Vista, and that the features developers are using in Visual Studio work as expected,” Somasegar said. “We fixed a number of significant issues around debugging and profiling, and around creating ASP.Net applications for IIS on the developer machine.” “Windows Vista gives developers a whole new canvas for creating cutting-edge applications, and we are already seeing a lot of exciting third-party solutions coming to life, including ultra-realistic 3-D programs, novel mini-applications called ‘gadgets,’ engaging high-definition, animated programs and Web sites, and innovative applications from new-media, retail and education companies,” he said. Software Development