The service pack 1 or SP1 for Visual Studio and .NET Framework 3.5 are due by the end of summer. The connection? Microsoft's service packs keep growing in importance as a means of updating key products between official releases.

Promoting the first SP for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, officially launched just six months ago, Microsoft has said SP1 - like its predecessors - is no ordinary SP.

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