Microsoft has released beta 1 versions of two new software development kits (SDKs) for its .NET suite. The .NET Framework SDK and the .NET Mobile Web SDK are available for download at http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp...
In a September Windows 2000 Magazine UPDATE column, I wrote that Microsoft was jilting Win2K in favor of .NET. As I saw it, the company was spending a lot of time and money promoting and explaining a technology (.NET) that wouldn't even be...
Although many components of Microsoft's .NET initiative are little more than vaporware, Microsoft's new development language, C#, is well defined. Referred to by people at Microsoft as a Java-killer, C# is poised to replace J++ in the upcoming...
I've attended Fall COMDEX in Las Vegas for 5 or 6 years now, and the sheer number of people who come to the gathering always amazes me. I'm not a "people person" (in that I can't stand crowds), so COMDEX is pretty much the last place on earth I'd...
Microsoft's first generation of .NET servers is finally here, bolstering the Windows 2000 platform with new functionality that extends far beyond that of the previous generation of Microsoft BackOffice products. Dubbed .NET Enterprise Servers, the...
Last time, we discussed the background of Microsoft's .NET strategy in broad strokes, which is interesting from a historical standpoint, but it doesn't provide much in the way of practical use. .NET isn't a vaporware announcement about some future...
Although the online world is abuzz with rumors and questions about Microsoft's .NET strategy, the foundation of .NET is already here, and it's in surprisingly good shape. When it began plotting the move to an Internet-based revenue model...
Greetings, and welcome to the.NET Channel, your insider's guide to the Microsoft .NET initiative. As you know, Microsoft hopes that .NET will guide the computer industry from its reliance on shrink-wrapped software to a future of Web-delivered...