April 14, 2007 (HOSTSEARCH.COM) Windows hosting provider DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET) has launched .NET Framework 3.0 hosting, the company announced recently. Customers purchasing the companys base hosting annual plan will receive 3 months of .NET Framework 3.0 hosting completely free of charge.
All DiscountASP.NET servers now offer .NET Framework 3.0 alongside .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 1.1. "We are pleased to see hosts like, DiscountASP.NET, push innovation forward by offering .NET Framework 3.0 hosting," explained Microsofts Director of .NET Platform Product Management, Thom Robbins. "DiscountASP.NET's hosting lets developers easily build Web applications with enhanced user experiences and more secure communications."
.NET Framework 3.0 combines ASP.NET 2.0 and the .NET Framework 2.0 APIs but also offers four new technologies - Windows CardSpace, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
"DiscountASP.NET is committed to Microsoft .NET technology and being an early adopter of new .NET technology like .NET Framework 3 hosting," explained DiscountASP.NETs VP Marketing, Mr. Takeshi Eto. "We are very excited to provide this new framework to our customers and look forward to the next generation web applications that they will build."