.NET 3.0 = WinFX !?

Mmm, now that everybody is used to the (pretty cool) WinFX name, we have to learn to say the .NET Framework 3.0. One of the reasons for this name change that's mentioned is to avoid confusion... Now I'm confused! Will there be a new .NET CLR as well, or is the CLR of .NET 3.0 the same as .NET 2.0? Read the details at Somasegar's blog:

When speaking to developers about WinFX one question that repeatedly comes up is, “WinFX sounds great, but what happens to .NET?” .NET Framework has becomes the most successful developer platform in the world.  Developers know and love .NET.

The .NET Framework has always been at the core of WinFX, but the WinFX brand didn’t convey this.  The WinFX brand helped us introduce the incredible innovations in terms of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow (WF) and the newly christened Windows CardSpace (WCS) formerly known under the codename “InfoCard.”  The brand also created an unnatural discontinuity between previous versions of our framework and the current version.

With this in mind we have decided to rename WinFX to the .NET Framework 3.0.  .NET Framework 3.0 aptly identifies the technology for exactly what it is – the next version of our developer framework.