Hi Guy,

I have been impressed with what I have seen of mm.net and can tell that Kevin keeps the package up pretty well. The other frameworks I looked at didn't even have support for WPF yet. This is all pretty moot anyway since I mostly don't know what I'm doing yet. But, I do like to try to plan ahead and not have to switch later on for lack of research up front. I was just surprised with the lack of "news" coming from Oakleaf. Drew Speedy used to do monthly webinars to show new stuff that had been added to the Maxframe framework and talk about future plans so I guess I was just spoiled.

I am probably going to do the MM.net trial shortly so I will have plenty of questions then. Thanks very much for your response.

Bill

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>I suspect Kevin will answer for himself, but I can share what I know. Kevin is a long-time MVP with Microsoft and is tuned in to current technologies and what is coming down the pike from Microsoft in the near future. As such, it is predictable that MM.NET will always be moving along supporting the emerging technologies.
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>The MM.NET framework is about to be rev'd to version 3.6, probably only weeks away now. It already supports things like WPF, Silverlight, WCF, and v3.6 will support Entity Framework. Silverlight 3 was just released last Friday, and Expression Blend 3 from Microsoft is in Release Candidate stage right now. I cannot know for sure, but I expect it won't be too long after v3.6 before another MM.NET release comes out supporting the new Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight 3.
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>Keep in mind the difference between what is doable versus what may be officially supported. MM.NET 3.6 can already work in conjunction with Expression Blend 3 although you may bump into a quirk here or there. I have not yet tried to do anything with Silverlight 3 and I may be speaking prematurely but I expect to get along OK (maybe with a headache or two), even though the framework doesn't officially support it yet.
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>Just my .02.
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>>Hi Tim,
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>>Since you seem to be the de facto face of mm.net, I was hoping I could ask you a few questions as I am looking to attach myself to a framework?
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>>Does Kevin have somewhere he posts news for mm.net? I looked on the mm.net web site and on his mvp blog but didn't find any mm.net news. I was interested in finding his plans for the near future of the product, Silverlight integration, etc. I love UT and have been a paying member (not currently) since around 1996 but asking questions about a specific product here seems a little strange. I guess I'll get used to it.
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>>I pretty much have decided I need a dotnet framework. I have used Drew's Maxframe since it began and found it to be perfect for my needs for the last 15 years or so. I'm not getting calls for any new VFP projects, just maintenance so I need to get up to speed and prepare for the future. I have been studying c# and Dotnet for about 6 - 12 months and think I need to pick a framework and use it for a job to really get my feet wet.
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>>The only other framework that I am still considering is using CSLA and purchasing Codesmith for the grunt work. I also have been doing a number of DotNetNuke sites and as I get more into programing modules, the Codesmith will help there also.
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>>I guess that is enough to get started, I hope I'm not infringing on your time too much because I have a bunch more.
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill Mason