Update â–º .NET 4.0

[JoeP]

Major release of the .NET framework. Get more information at Microsoft .NET Framework. Download web installer from Download details: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (NOTE: will result in 45+ MB product download).
Full download Download details: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.

Required by Visual Studio 2010.

Just installed VS 2010. .NET 4.0 will be installed as part of the VS 2010 install if not already present.

Joe

[John Gray]

I don't suppose we can now get rid of all the .NET versions less than 4, as you (usually) can with Java?

[HansV]

Different applications need different versions of the .Net Framework, so it's best to keep all versions.

[viking33]

Different applications need different versions of the .Net Framework, so it's best to keep all versions.

I DL the new version 4 but I'll probably wait to see if I really need it for anything. It's a shame they can't make the newer versions backward compatible with the older ones but to quote the MS release notes:
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The .NET Framework 4 works side by side with older Framework versions. Applications that are based on earlier versions of the Framework will continue to run on the version targeted by default.
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