Microsoft was shipping some Windows Vista technologies separately for Windows XP. Whats up with that?
Microsoft already announced that the Windows Presentation Foundation, “Avalon”, Windows Communication Foundation, “Indigo” and Web services technologies, and the .NET Framework 3.0, “WinFX” application programming interface available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1. These technologies had been described as key parts of Windows Vista, “Longhorn”, Microsoft then realized that developers would be more able to target Avalon and Indigo if available to more number of audience than only Windows Vista. Afterwards Microsoft announced that other Vista technologies, like Internet Explorer 7 and the Windows Sidebar would also be ported to Windows XP. • WPF, WCF, and .NET Framework 3.0 available distinctly from Windows Vista, doesn’t make Windows Vista less exciting? It is not the case actually. The technologies listed are for the developers only, and so don’t affect the end user experience on Windows Vista. Instead Microsoft is making these technologi
