Late last night, Tom announced the release of the first MapGuide 2.1 Beta.

Jackie Ng has a better description of this than I could write.

Apart from the improved scalability and stability of this release, I’m most excited about the WiX-based open source MSI installer that I got to work on alongside Jackie and Kenneth. Huge learning curve, but not having to count on Autodesk resources to build new installers should allow us to push new releases as needed. It also means that someone who understands the installer can easily create custom deployments for internal use.

Anyway, please give this beta a try. If you notice anything it’s not doing right, please let us know.

-J