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Microsoft .NET Framework - 3.5 Beta 1

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Current Version:	3.5 Beta 1
Release Date:	2007-05-10
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	38,284
Downloads (all versions):	106,902

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Product Description:

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1 is a preview release of the latest version of the .NET Framework. Many ISV’s, enterprises and Microsoft product teams are successfully building on the new features Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows CardSpace in the .NET Framework 3.0. Microsoft plans to continue to invest in the .NET Framework developer platform and in support of existing users the .NET Framework 3.5 has a minimal number of breaking changes. So that existing applications built for .NET Framework 2.0 or .NET Framework 3.0 should continue to run without requiring changes. The .NET Framework 3.5 adds new features in several major technology areas; including:

Deep integration of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and data awareness
ASP.NET AJAX for quickly creating more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers
New web protocol support for building WCF services including AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM and several new WS-* standards
Full tooling support for WF, WCF and WPF including the new workflow-enabled services technology
New classes in the base class library (BCL) for the .NET Framework 3.5 address the most common customer requests.

.NET Framework 3.5 is planned to release at the end of 2007 and will ship with Visual Studio code name ”Orcas” and will also continue to be available for separate download from MSDN.

What's new in this version:

This release supports Visual Studio 2005 RTM and is compatible with 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta 2 Technical Refresh.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003

Additional Requirements:

Processor: 400 MHz Pentium processor or equivalence (Minimum), 1GHz Pentium processor or equivalence (Recommended)
RAM: 96 MB (Minimum), 256 MB (Recommended)
Hard Disk: Up to 500 MB or available space may be required
CD or DVD Drive: Not required
Display: 800 x 600, 256 colors (Minimum), 1024 x 768 high color, 32-bit (Recommended)

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proposing incomptabile versions - Version: 3.0 July 2006 CTP, 8/12/2006 12:22PM PST

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perlchild

As a paying customer of version tracker pro, I am very much interested in receiving timely notification of updates and patches; however, I expect version tracker to only propose to me versions compatible with what I already have. This update, the windows media update, the outlook express update and the ie 7.0 update all clearly state they aren't for windows 2000, so why is version tracker saying I should upgrade?