Question

Does anybody know if Microsoft has already decided which version of the .NET framework will be shipped in Windows 7 next year (2009)? Will it .NET 3.5 (SP 1) or maybe 4.0?

Answer 1

Microsoft has issued a statement that there will be no other WinHEC before the next release of new Windows platform (Internet is abundant with information concerning this, one site). On the other hand, from Stephen Toub’s, Somasegar’s, ScottGu’s blogs (some of the driving forces behind the teams) etc. mention that .NET 4.0 Framework will be pushed out somewhat with Visual Studio 2010 early 2010.

I haven’t found a confirmation on the parallels between Windows 7 and and .NET 4.0, but it seem to be that Windows 7 could be out slightly before .NET 4.0, albeit not necessarily much so. A quote from ScottGu’s blog post from mid-October tells

I am going to try and post some more end-to-end tutorials in the coming weeks that show off how to use ASP.NET MVC from the beginning, and then logically progress to richer and richer scenarios. Included in the list of tutorials will be my infamous AJAX with MVC post that I keep promising to write – but so far haven’t (my excuse: the Silverlight 2, ASP.NET MVC, .NET 4.0, VS10, and Windows 7 ship cycles are all happening in parallel on my team – and I’ve unfortunately been really busy which is the reason for the delay)