WinFX rebranded as .NET 3.0

Published 09 June 06 09:59 PM | makif 

About: This post is about the rebranding of WinFX as .NET 3.0

Hello,

Microsoft has decided to rebrand WinFX as .NET 3.0, this is purely a branding decision with absolutely no impact on the actual framework, its components or their delivery schedule. As many of you are aware WinFX is scheduled to be released with Windows Vista and comprises of the following major components

1. Windows Communication Foundation, WCF, (project codename was Indigo)

2. Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF,  (project codename was Avalon)

3. Windows Workflow Foundation, WF (no it is not WWF)

4. Windows CardSpae, WCS (previously called infocard)

5. .NET 2.0

In short, .NET 3.0 = WCF + WPF + WF + WCS + .NET 2.0, please note the .NET 3.0 is an additive release, the language compiler it uses are the same as .NET 2.0, we added WCF, WPF, WF and WCS to .NET 2.0 and are calling the superset .NET 3.0

Personally I am very excited about the name change to .NET 3.0, during my conversations with customers I frequently used .NET 3.0 as the answer to the question 'what is WinFX ?' and am very happy that we have rebranded it officially now. With over 35 million downloads the .NET brand has a very positive recognition amongst the IT community and even amongst the business users, I am hopeful that this rebranding will help in avoiding confusion about the next version of the .NET programming framework.

Best regards,

Mohammad 

 

 

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# Deepa Gill said on June 10, 2006 3:51 AM:
I don't know about 3.0, maybe 2.1. My understanding is that WinFx is built on 2.0.

What is "orcas" going to be 4.0?
# makif said on June 10, 2006 8:50 AM:
Yes WinFX is indeed build on .NET 2.0, Orcas is the project codename for the next version of Visual Studio that will allow you to develop in .NET 3.0 (previously called WinFX), so .NET 3.0 is the framework and Orcas is the set of developer tools to develop on the framework
# No Spin Architecture WinFX rebranded as NET 3 0 | internet marketing tools said on June 16, 2009 12:34 AM:

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