Paul Andrew's blog has a great post displaying the new commonly used types of .NET 3.5 as well as a link to a printable PDF version. While I think the poster is great (and I think having a laminated 3' x 4' one to hang up would be stellar), I enjoy the graphic that is at the bottom of his post better. I recall the struggle it was to just get some clients to use .NET 1.1, some of which waited so long that .NET 2.0 was released not long after that. The bottom graphic in Paul's post very clearly demonstrates how .NET 2.0 , 3.0, and 3.5 are related to each other. Or as Paul himself says,
We've found that this is a great way to explain the additive version releases of the .NET Framework 2.0 – 3.0 – 3.5. The primary reason for updating the .NET Framework this additive way instead of the side-by-side nature of .NET Framework 1.1 – 2.0 is to make it easier for customers to upgrade their apps.
Now, if I could only get some clients to get onto the .NET 2.0 bandwagon . . .
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About Jonathan Bates
Jonathan Bates is involved in the local development community, once even serving time as the President of the Jacksonville Developers User Group.
He has had a long and storied path on the way to I.T. work. At one point, Jonathan had a near Neo-Luddite position about computers, believing them at worst to be the means to humanity's eventual slavery and at best tools for general evil. After landing a job powered by such advanced technologies as Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and MS Access, Jonathan began to change his opinion on computers. He began to believe that they might be for more than just improving the display and sound qualities on his Laserdisc movies. In time, he came to see that computers were nothing more than tools, not much different then a hammer (though not as good to drive nails with).
Jonathan Bates is an industry-certified and proven developer and trainer, facilitating the transfer of knowledge from conceptual client request to delivered and implemented solution. Jonathan enjoys sharing his knowledge and understanding about development principals with like-minded people. You can generally find him enjoying good company discussing his personal Unified Theory and how programming can be used to describe it. And if you can't find him, drop him a line with a time and place and he'll find you.
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