The release of VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 is just a begin of the a series of exiting stuff for MS-based developers. Lets’ take a look at the roadmap what Scott just mentioned.
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Release
- ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET AJAX Improvements
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data Support
- ASP.NET Silverlight Support
- ADO.NET Data Services (good news is MS will release ADO.NET Entity Framework too)
Silverlight 2.0 Release
- WPF UI Framework
- Rich Controls
- Rich Networking Support
- Rich Base Class Library Support
IIS 7.0
.NET Web Product Roadmap (ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS7) – ScottGu’s Blog
Jack Ma, a software developer 