A New framework (dotKernel) vs. Zend Framework ?

1.What is a framework ?
(a)a standard library of components that you can drop into your application

2. What is Zend Framework(ZF) ?
(a)is a PHP library for building PHP web applications
(b)is really a hybrid framework and as such can be used in a much larger range of projects than strict “application frameworks”. While many components in Zend Framework can be used stand-alone like a component library; it is, at its core an implementation of the “Model-View-Controller” (MVC) pattern.

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