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September 07, 2008  
Subject: Visual Studio major releases ?
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 6/4/2008 7:09:36 AM
From: "Lior Bobrov" [Email Address Protection]

Hi ,

What are the major releases of Visual Studio ?

As I know , Visual Studio .NET 2002 was a *very* major release , comparing
to its predecessors .
VS.NET 2003 is a "small" release comparing to VS.NET 2002 - right ?
VS 2005 is a major release , comparing to VS 2003 - right ?

And what about VS 2008 ("Orcas") ? Is this a major release , comparing to
VS 2005 , or "small release" ?

Thanks in advance ,
Lior . :)



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Subject: Re: Visual Studio major releases ?
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 6/4/2008 7:42:03 AM
From: "Norman Yuan" [Email Address Protection]

The is not predecessors to Visual Studio.NET2002( originally called Visual
Studio.NET, and changed to Visual Studio.NET2002 after Visual Studio.NET2003
was released). Since VS2005, the ".NET" was dropped from the product's name.

IMO, all are major release, because VS2002,2003 and 2005 each only works
with its specific target .NET framework version. Until .NET2.0 (VS2005), MS
made it clear the .NET versions are independent to each other, and can
co-exist peacefully (hence all are major releases), although if you have
only later version of .NET installed, apps written for previous versions
would most likely run without issues.

Things get very messy now since .NET3.0/VS2008 were out. VS2008 could be
used to target .NET2.0, .NET3.0 and .NET3.5 (do not look for .NET 3.1 to
3.4, they do not exist), but .Net framework of 3.0/3.5 cannot live by its
own: 3.0 requires 2.0, 3.5 requires 3.0 and 2.0 (plus SPs!).


"Lior Bobrov" <a@bcd.com> wrote in message
news:uZoFHKixIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi ,
>
> What are the major releases of Visual Studio ?
>
> As I know , Visual Studio .NET 2002 was a *very* major release ,
> comparing to its predecessors .
> VS.NET 2003 is a "small" release comparing to VS.NET 2002 - right ?
> VS 2005 is a major release , comparing to VS 2003 - right ?
>
> And what about VS 2008 ("Orcas") ? Is this a major release , comparing to
> VS 2005 , or "small release" ?
>
> Thanks in advance ,
> Lior . :)
>
>


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Subject: Re: Visual Studio major releases ?
Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general
Date: 6/4/2008 5:06:35 PM
From: "Lior Bobrov" [Email Address Protection]

By "predecessors to VS .NET 2002" I meant the Visual Studio versions prior
to VS.NET
(for example , VS6) .

Lior :)


"Norman Yuan" <FakeName@FakeEmail.Not> wrote in message
news:OHGzqElxIHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The is not predecessors to Visual Studio.NET2002( originally called Visual
> Studio.NET, and changed to Visual Studio.NET2002 after Visual
> Studio.NET2003 was released). Since VS2005, the ".NET" was dropped from
> the product's name.
>
> IMO, all are major release, because VS2002,2003 and 2005 each only works
> with its specific target .NET framework version. Until .NET2.0 (VS2005),
> MS made it clear the .NET versions are independent to each other, and can
> co-exist peacefully (hence all are major releases), although if you have
> only later version of .NET installed, apps written for previous versions
> would most likely run without issues.
>
> Things get very messy now since .NET3.0/VS2008 were out. VS2008 could be
> used to target .NET2.0, .NET3.0 and .NET3.5 (do not look for .NET 3.1 to
> 3.4, they do not exist), but .Net framework of 3.0/3.5 cannot live by its
> own: 3.0 requires 2.0, 3.5 requires 3.0 and 2.0 (plus SPs!).
>
>
> "Lior Bobrov" <a@bcd.com> wrote in message
> news:uZoFHKixIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi ,
>>
>> What are the major releases of Visual Studio ?
>>
>> As I know , Visual Studio .NET 2002 was a *very* major release ,
>> comparing to its predecessors .
>> VS.NET 2003 is a "small" release comparing to VS.NET 2002 - right ?
>> VS 2005 is a major release , comparing to VS 2003 - right ?
>>
>> And what about VS 2008 ("Orcas") ? Is this a major release , comparing
>> to VS 2005 , or "small release" ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance ,
>> Lior . :)
>>
>>
>



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