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.NET 3.0 is a lot closer than we thought

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  • 12-06-2006 8:45pm
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    aidan_walsh
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    Looks like Microsoft has been hiring from Sun. They seem to have gotten the people responsible for the whole Java\Java2 thing...

    Somasegar's WebLog tells us:
    The .NET Framework has always been at the core of WinFX, but the WinFX brand didn't convey this. The WinFX brand helped us introduce the incredible innovations in terms of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and the newly christened Windows CardSpace (WCS) formerly known under the codename "InfoCard." The brand also created an unnatural discontinuity between previous versions of our framework and the current version.

    With this in mind we have decided to rename WinFX to the .NET Framework 3.0. .NET Framework 3.0 aptly identifies the technology for exactly what it is - the next version of our developer framework.

    The change is in name only and will not affect the technologies being delivered as part of the product. The .NET Framework 3.0 is still comprised of the existing .NET Framework 2.0 components, including ASP.NET, WinForms, ADO.NET, additional base class libraries and the CLR, as well as new developer-focused innovative technologies in WPF, WCF, WF and WCS

    So .NET 3.0 is really .NET 2.0 with some other stuff that they were working on tacked onto the side. The upcoming C# 3.0* will probably target .NET 4.0, which will be CLR 3.0, WinFX 2.0 and PartridgeInAPearTree1.0. Everyone still following?

    Of course none of that matters. It will still be refered to by everyone as 3.0 - which of course is the point of it all. One way to look at it is that it simplifies having to explain to people what WinFX is. Of course, you shouldn't have to explain that to them any more than you should what WinForms is. The biggest (and probably only real) boon is that it makes distributing apps that build on these a lot easier.

    The fun part is initially trying to get your head around it.

    *As far as I know at this time, C# 3.0 won't be requiring any changes to the CLI, so that much is pretty much just facetious.


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