There are tons and tons of casestudies from the MS Website, here are some handpicked from various industries and verticals that really show the value and how far the technologies can go using the Microsoft Platform. Bank Boosts User Productivity 40 Percent, Cuts Implementation Costs 50 Percent IT Services...
The best all-up run-down of all the features (WPF, ASP.NET, WinForms, VS etc.) can as ever be found on Scott Guthrie’s blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-beta.aspx Pretty comprehensive write-up of the WPF-specific features here...
Yup, you read it right. XP SP3 is RTMed to the OEM and Enterprise customer. Read the thread here . Interestingly as much as people are thinking on Vista deployment people are asking whether Windows XP Professional with SP3 is good enough that they can forgo deploying the Windows Vista operating system...