Doug got email.
Doug Purdy, the (my) Group Program Manager of the Connected Framework team (owning WCF and WF) just got email:
<FONT color=#000000>Dear Douglas,</FONT>office" />
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<FONT color=#000000>Last year you emailed us regarding .NET Framework 3.0. </FONT>
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