James Akrigg .:. Out of Office : .NET 3.0http://blogs.technet.com/outofoffice/archive/tags/.NET+3.0/default.aspxTags: .NET 3.0en-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)2.0 + 4 = 3.0??? .NET Framework confusionhttp://blogs.technet.com/outofoffice/archive/2007/03/01/2-0-4-3-0-net-framework-confusion.aspxFri, 02 Mar 2007 00:08:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:667362James Akrigg1http://blogs.technet.com/outofoffice/comments/667362.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/outofoffice/commentrss.aspx?PostID=667362http://blogs.technet.com/outofoffice/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=667362<P><IMG title=".NET 3.0" style="WIDTH: 521px; HEIGHT: 179px" height=179 alt=".NET 3.0" src="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.20180_dotnet3.gif" width=521 align=top mce_src="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.20180_dotnet3.gif"></P> <P>I have had a few conversations recently about developers <STRONG>not</STRONG> looking at <A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx">.NET Framework 3.0</A> as they believe it is a completely new version of the .NET Framework.&nbsp; Well that is not strictly true and perhaps the version of the framework has confused a few people.</P> <P>The <A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx">.NET Framework 3.0</A> combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with four new technologies (2.0 + 4 technologies): Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and Windows CardSpace (WCS, formerly "InfoCard").</P> <P>It should be noted that <A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx">Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007</A> uses the Windows Workflow Foundation as part of <A href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663309.aspx">.NET Framework 3.0</A> to drive the workflow capabilities used in Document Management and Web Content Management.&nbsp; MOSS provides a great example of what can be achieved using .NET 3.0 WF.</P> <P>James Akrigg</P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=667362" width="1" height="1">SharePointTechnology Views.NET 3.0