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Developer petition to rename ".NET 3.0" back to WinFX Posted: Aug 17, 2006 2:10 PM
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WinFX was renamed to .NET 3.0. This decision was made without any community feedback, which is uncharacteristic of Microsoft’s recent openness to community input. Not only is “.NET 3.0” a misnomer, it throws a wrench in the .NET Framework, likely jamming future versions. It is also a severe inconvenience to developers, especially newcomers. We ask that this short-sighted decision be turned around before the first release of the framework for its own sake as well as the sake of developers. I state eight reasons to revert to the old name of WinFX...

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