Did you miss the announcement? I did. And, it could affect each of us. Microsoft has announced that .NET 3.0 and later are now components of Windows. This means their lifecycle support is tied to Windows lifecycle support and not to the standard 5 years mainstream and 5 years extended support for development tools. It also means that .NET on Vista has a different support policy than .NET on Windows 7. I haven’t decided if this is good or bad as I can see both positives and negatives in this. What’s your take? Read the new lifecycle policy here.