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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:58:47+00:00

I found very much about the benefits of using a newer .Net version for

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I found very much about the benefits of using a newer .Net version for programmers (LINQ, WPF etc.) but I didn’t find anything about the benefits for our customers.

So, I’m thinking about migrating our application (WinForms, C#, .Net2.0) from .Net2.0 to .Net3.5 and I need answers to the question: “What are the benefits for our customers?”

The biggest disadvantage is that .Net 3.5 is not running on Windows 2000 anymore. If our management insists on running on Windows 2000 the discussion is invalid.

Hope you can help me.

Regards,

Inno

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  1. Editorial Team

    The benefits are mainly for developers. Especially using WinForms you don’t have many new great things to use, just stick to .NET 2.0. You can upgrade to VS2008 if you don’t already and use all new fancy C# 3.0 features while still targeting .NET 2.0.

    One good argument for users would that be Framework 3.5 SP1 has faster cold start but the user get that just by installing the SP1: no changes needed in code.

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