Windows SharePoint Service (.NEXT) to use ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts
It looks like a great start and endorsement for ASP.NET 2.0 web parts. Read this post from Mike Fitzmaurice (MSFT WSS Evangelist) for details. It's great to see two great but Microsoft product areas converging!
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikefitz/archive/2005/03/17/397775.aspx