title: Any experience with the Visual Studio Shell?
body: <p>Our company is considering using the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Visual Studio Shell</a> for one of our products.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any experience using it?  Was it easy to work with?  Did it save time?  Are there any things that you weren't able to get it to do?  Have you shipped anything with it?</p>