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The following from DonS in the Boston PocketPC group: According to a new post in Jonothan Wells' MSDN blog, Version 2.0 of the .NET Compact Framework (due next year with the release of VS.NET 2005) will include not o­nly features and enhancements at the code-specific level. Apparently, this release will also mark the first time that the .NET Compact Framework will be available in it's own SDK, separate from the Visual Studio.NET product line! A thread developed under Mike Hall's “Star Wars day is coming... and interesting Survey o­n CodeProject...” post, in which Mike Kozlowski asks why there is no .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SDK. This is a fair question Mike and o­ne that is asked quite often. The answer is simply that we ran out of time to include o­ne in v1.0. I am pleased to announce that a .NET Compact Framework SDK is o­n the books for v2.0.

I'll quote what DonS, from the Boston PocketPC group said which I totally agree with “This answers the long-asked question "Why can't I develop Compact Framework applications without the Visual Studio.NET environment", and is nothing short of a "win-win" situation from my perspective. By providing the .NET CF as a standalone SDK, the cost objection (needing to purchase a Visual Studio.NET license) that many potential mobile developers have stated in the past now go away.“

Also Seth Dempsey confirms Generics support in the .NET Compact Framework!