How to combine .NET RIA Services with MVVM in Silverlight 3?

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Published on 2009-03-20T06:56:34Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 12:03 UTC
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The .NET RIA Services are described as an n-tier framework for Silverlight. I have been wondering what the relation is between this framework and the Model-View-ViewModel pattern. Are they in conflict or can you see the potential for synergic combination?

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