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IP: .Net initiative is close to all Microsoft, all the time
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 06:41:11 -0400
.Net initiative is close to all Microsoft, all the time BY DAN GILLMOR Mercury News Technology Columnist TALK about integration. The Microsoft.Net (pronounced dot-net) initiative is the ultimate merger of the Windows operating system, Microsoft's other core products and just about everything else -- including the Internet itself. It's monumentally Microsoft-centric, far more than necessary. It's also a move in the right direction, if you have accepted that the Internet has become the most important computing platform of all and that software is morphing into Net-based services. But despite the temptation to think so, it's probably not another thumb in the eye of U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson -- though some at Microsoft might have considered that a beneficial side effect. Much about .Net is impressive -- notably Microsoft's well-telegraphed embrace of the Internet as the principal technology platform of the future, and its welcome nod to open standards in certain respects. Some of the demo-ware shown during the unveiling, such as several nifty software development tools, showed that the company's engineers haven't suffered from any apparent depression during the recent legal troubles. <snip> http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg062300.htm
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