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IN contintuation to SQL Server 2008 R2 announcement here is the good news for MSDN & Technet subscribers, see here_for_more,
Don't forget to uninstall the previous & current SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP releases (by taking database backups) and install afresh for further testing.
Good luck.... more to come on R2 here!