Zend Core 2.0 does not work with PEAR

Trying to install Zend Platform 3 for Windows I was surprised to see that it requires Zend Core 2.0 now. Ok, so it removed my installation of XAMP to give this one a try.
Unfortunately the trial ended soon. My first step after running the installer was to try to install some PEAR packages using go-pear, [...]

Getting started with the Zend Framework

A “Getting Started“-PDF by Rob Allen.
Update (04/06/2007): Rob updated his tutorial to reflect the many changes to the Zend Framework. Mainly the MVC part has been streamlined and now it looks even better than before. The tutorial has been translated into several languages (including German) and the source code of the tutorial is also available.