Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5, meaning these technologies are available for download on MSDN ...

As promised earlier this month, Microsoft announced today that both Visual Studio 2008 and the accompanying .NET Framework 3.5 have been released to manufacture (RTM).

This revelation, made at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, came after Microsoft had said Visual Studio 2008 was targeted to ship later this year.

Microsoft has released Robotics Developer Studio (RDS) 2008 R2, an upgrade to the existing 2008 version. The Express Edition is available for free from the Microsoft Download Center (Offline ...