are you expecting an "upcoming" date??? if so you're SOL - it was released circa 2002
February 13, 2002
The current version of the .Net Framework is version 3.5 Service Pack 1.
Current version of the NET Framework is NET Framework 4 .
Yes, CLR version changes with .NET framework Version since the API changes with version enhancement.
3.5sp1
Hi In order to run .Net programmed applications, you have to have .Net Framework installed in your computer. It depends that the programmer programmed with which version of .Net? .Net Framework's versions are: .Net Framework 1.0 .Net Framework 2.0 .Net Framework 3.0 .Net Framework 3.5 .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) .Net Framework 4.0 Usually, a .Net programmer has all of these .Net versions installed in his computer. But, as a client you have to have the .Net version that your programmed is coded by. Usually, the programmer makes the application installation file equipped with.Net Framework, so it installs on your computer and you don't have to do anything more.
Hi In order to run .Net programmed applications, you have to have .Net Framework installed in your computer. It depends that the programmer programmed with which version of .Net? .Net Framework's versions are: .Net Framework 1.0 .Net Framework 2.0 .Net Framework 3.0 .Net Framework 3.5 .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) .Net Framework 4.0 Usually, a .Net programmer has all of these .Net versions installed in his computer. But, as a client you have to have the .Net version that your programmed is coded by. Usually, the programmer makes the application installation file equipped with.Net Framework, so it installs on your computer and you don't have to do anything more.
You usually only need older versions of the .NET framework installed if you have an old application which requires an older version of the framework. In general, you should be able to run most (if not all) applications using the latest version.
version 3.5 uses the CLR of version 2.0. In addition, it installs .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, (installs .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 with 3.5 SP1) and .NET Framework 3.0 SP1(installs .NET Framework 3.0 SP2 with 3.5 SP1), which adds some methods and properties to the BCL classes in version 2.0 which are required for version 3.5 features such as Language Integrated Query (LINQ).If you're looking to work with these then you need an upgrade. For more information refer to related links.
Windows itself does not depend on the .Net framework. However, a large number of programs do depend on it, including the Catalyst Control Console which is a part of the ATI / AMD video driver. Most programs that require one version or another of the .Net framework will also include the necessary install package, so you can find that you suddenly have the .Net framework when you didn't install it. Note that there are several different versions of the .Net framework. A program written to use the 1.1 version of the framework would not work with the 2.0 version; but programs written to use the .Net framework 2.0 or later will work fine with any later version: a program written for .Net 3.0 will work fine with .Net 4.0, for instance. The current version is 4.0 and 4.5 will be introduced shortly.
Net framework is a software framework produced by Microsoft. It runs on Microsoft windows. It helps programmers produce software that works with Microsoft products. It was first released in 2000, and the latest version (version 4) was released in 2010.
Microsoft started development on the .NET Framework in the late 1990s originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS). By late 2001 the first beta versions of .NET 1.0 were released.[1] The first version of .NET Framework was released on 13 February 2002, bringing managed code to Windows NT 4.0, 98, 2000, ME and XP. Since the first version, Microsoft has released nine more upgrades for .NET Framework, seven of which have been released along with a new version of Visual Studio. Two of these upgrades, .NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0, have upgraded Common Language Runtime (CLR). New versions of .NET Framework replace older versions when the CLR version is the same. The .NET Framework family also includes two versions for mobile or Embedded device use. A reduced version of the framework, the .NET Compact Framework, is available on Windows CE platforms, including Windows Mobile devices such as smartphones. Additionally, the .NET Micro Framework is targeted at severely resource-constrained devices.