... but Microsoft controls the features.
Of course you are right that they defined what features are in each
upgrade version of the CIL framework and libraries provided and the
other framework constructors are likely to follow them. But for
developing software that is to run in the framework, you don't need to
use the features of any given upgrade. Software developed using (a
development tool that supports) a given subset of the features will run
on all framework implementations that (in a decent way) offer this
subset. The developer is free to decide if the additional features of
the current version of some CIL framework supplier's offer are
interesting enough to have his product restricted to a subset of the
available frameworks. (Similar: if you decently use the numerical key
pad or the LPT port in your software, your product is limited to run on
those PCs that offer these features.)
-Michael
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