Why can't I target .NET 1.1 from VS 2005/2008?

Question

This may seem quite simple to you guys; but can someone please tell me (or give me a link) WHY the newer Visual Studios (VS 2005 and later) do not target .net 1.0 and 1.1 frameworks? I have only checked out the VS 2005 and 2008 express editions! I am assuming that it is the same for the non-express editions too.

[Pardon the mixed flow of thoughts here.] I mean, from what I am seeing(perception of a layman); when one installs a particular .net framework, the installer installs the previous frameworks too. Now, I would like to target the older frameworks (1,1.1,2,3) because they are relatively smaller "installs" compared to say .net 4. From where I come not many people have a bandwidth to wait for that kind of download(home users and not business people).

Answer 1

Short answer: .NET 1.x is no longer supported. They're not going to help people write for an unsupported framework.

There are many "fixes" in .NET 2.0 and greater that aren't in .NET 1.x, I can't think of a compelling technical reason to want to work in .NET 1.1.

Not all newer versions of .NET "include" older versions.