History: .NET and Mono timeline

Dec 2000 - CTP Jan 2002 - .NET 1.0 Apr 2004 - .NET 1.1

Nov 2005 - .NET 2.0 Nov 2006 - .NET 3.0 Nov 2007 - .NET 3.5

Nov 2008 - .NET 3.5 SP1

Apr 2001 - Miguel demos prototypeJan 2002 - Can compile itself Aug 2003 - Novell acquires Ximian May 2004 - Beta 1Jun 2004 - Mono 1.0Nov 2005 - Mono 1.1.10Jan 2006 - Mono 1.1.13Nov 2006 - Mono 1.2Aug 2007 - Mono 1.2.5 Dec 2007 - Mono 1.2.6Mar 2008 - Mono 1.9 (2.0 beta) Oct 2008 - Mono 2.0