".NET 3.0" (formerly known as WIN-FX) is a set of frameworks (WCF, WPF, WF, and CardSpace) that run on .NET 2.0. Most desktops in the world currently have .NET 1.1 installed. Only a small percentage of desktops have upgraded to .NET 2.0 (formerly known as Yukon, which was released a year ago). In order to run a desktop application that uses any of the .NET 3.0 frameworks, the desktop must first be upgraded to .NET 2.0. That's a blocker in many large organizations.
Anne On 12/19/06, hunterprojects <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"adopting WCF -- it requires deployment of the .NET 2.0 framework " ?? Shouldn't this read '3.0' - .NET 3.0 (not 2.0)? The final release of .NET 3.0 was available a few weeks ago. http://www.netfx3.com Galen --- In [email protected]<service-orientated-architecture%40yahoogroups.com>, Stuart Charlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is a significant barrier to adopting WCF -- it requires > > deployment of the .NET 2.0 framework on all systems that use it. It > > will be a while before .NET 2.0 is pervasive on servers -- not to > > mention desktops. WCF requires Vista, XP, or WinServer2003. That's > > why > > so many people are still using ASP.NET with (or without) WSE 2.0 > > (which uses .NET 1.1). > > To me, the issue isn't so much .NET 2.0 (it's been out for over a year, > which is about as much time as it takes for enterprises to feel > comfortable deploying new applications with a new Java SE release). > It's, as you suggest, the operating system requirement for WCF. > > To me, .NET 2.0 and WSE3 are good enough candidates for new systems > that must stay on Win2K, and I would be very hesitant to recommend .NET > 1.1 and WSE2 except in maintenance mode. It's a dead end, and there's > little reason to avoid .NET 2.0 on Win2K for new deployments. > > I do see a growing amount of Win2K3 for new deployments, and there it's > mostly a toss-up of the learning curve & risk tolerance to move > directly to WCF over WSE3. > > Cheers > Stu > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
