Folks were hassling me in the comments for not posting the picosecond that .NET 3.5 SP1 came out (or, as I like to call it, .NET 3.6 - although the bosses really don't like that). First, the obvious stuff. Should I fear this release? I wouldn't. The SP1 Framework is full of goodness. The VS Installer is slow (it was for me) but I just shut everything down, ran it, and was patient. It's POSSIBLE. It's way better than the beta installer was . There's a metric buttload of little VS fixes and tweaks that make the IDE a more pleasant place to spend your day. If you want to see some crazy interesting statistics, go check out Patrick Smaachia's updated 3.5 SP1 Changes Overview . You can get it here: Combined Visual Studio 2008...(read more) ...
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