Tiers of an application developer
News That way, whether the outside service is a Web service, a CICS session on a mainframe, or even an EJB component, the internal representation is a consistent .NET component interface. What's been lacking in the move from client-server applications...
[October 23, 2002, 10:34]
Ballmer: Tablets will displace laptops
News Ballmer said that devices such as alarm clocks and refrigerator magnets will run Microsoft's .Net Compact Framework and hinted that the devices might themselves use elements of Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.
[November 18, 2002, 14:04]
Microsoft sets Azure pricing and service levels
News The .NET Services message orchestration services that run other .NET applications cost $0.15 per 100,000 message operations. This is not a virtualised server, so this is the capability to run the application.
[July 14, 2009, 14:30]
LinuxWorld shows software entering adulthood
News Its growth went hand in hand with the Internet technology frenzy, but only a handful of companies -- notably Red Hat, VA Linux Systems, Andover.net and Cobalt Networks -- managed to go public while investor appetite was still voracious.
[January 30, 2001, 11:07]
Microsoft takes wraps off CRM software
News Microsoft is relying instead on the new product's ties to its upcoming line of .Net software as a main selling point, said one reseller. Both require Windows 2000 Server. In addition to Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft CRM requires SQL Server 2000...
[January 22, 2003, 8:11]
Ballmer memo on where Microsoft is headed
Blog But we also need to make sure developers have the .NET skills to write unique Windows applications using Windows Presentation Foundation. Business and enterprise: Our enterprise and server business has never been stronger--today we are on the verge...
[July 25, 2008, 12:41]
JavaOne: Best defence against Microsoft
News They want to wrap themselves in the flag of XML Web services while at the same time setting fire to it," said John Montgomery, lead product manager for the Microsoft .Net framework. Sun's chief rival is pushing its Microsoft .Net initiative for Web...
[June 4, 2001, 14:11]
Whole House Audio system: version 1 is complete
Blog The original project log can be seen on my primary blog at www.killswtch.net. I’ve written the software to control it all using .Net (C# of course), running on mono on linux. As with the web server this runs on a low-power machine, although this...
[July 15, 2008, 9:09]
Microsoft backs down on MSN browser block
News Through its .Net software-as-a-service strategy, Microsoft hopes to sell software by subscription, and either directly or with a partner, offer a wide range of ancillary services, ranging from online calendars to financial and travel services.
[October 26, 2001, 8:44]
Microsoft in 'quite good' shocker..
Blog Windows Server 2008 (RC0) and SQL Server 2008 (CTP) worked very well together and Chris upgraded his application, all 30,000 lines of it to .Net 3.5 with 3 mouse clicks inside Visual Studio 2008. What I was trying to say is that Windows Server 2008...
[June 5, 2008, 16:25]
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: a first look review
Reviews You can build applications for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), previously known as Avalon, by creating a WPF Application project, available for .NET 3.0 or higher. Also installed is a beta of the .NET Framework 3.5, but you can still...
[October 5, 2007, 14:35]
Windows sales carry Microsoft past 1Q forecasts
News Microsoft may hold up .NET services as its future, but traditional operating system platforms continued to thrive in the third quarter, company executives said. Microsoft didn't provide figures for Windows 2000 Server revenue, other than to say...
[October 19, 2000, 9:15]
Microsoft rolls out SQL Azure Database preview
News Other components of the Azure Services Platform include Windows Azure, for running applications and storing data, .NET services for linking the applications to the distributed infrastructure, and Live services for linking Azure to Microsoft's Live...
[August 19, 2009, 14:22]
IBM and Sun bury the Java hatchet
News Microsoft's tools work only with its .Net architecture on Windows. The key for Java's continued growth, analysts say, is to emulate Microsoft's work with Visual Studio.Net, which offers integrated features such as testing software for finding bugs...
[March 28, 2002, 11:06]
Windows Vista tool targeted by virus writers
News Monad is a command line interface and scripting language that is similar to Unix shells such as BASH, but is based on object-oriented programming and the .Net framework. It was initially expected in Vista, but Microsoft hinted a couple of months...
[August 4, 2005, 16:25]
Sun unveils its secret weapon against Microsoft
News The project is a direct threat to .Net, Microsoft's effort to make its Windows operating system the future foundation of the Internet. We're not turning this into something that's infinitely complicated like (Microsoft's) .Net.
[February 16, 2001, 8:34]
Software Selects for the Linux Home Server 6-14-2007
Blog Comment I will write VB.NET programs before writing SQL queries! Everything I wanted to put on the Linux Home Server was already available in the Debian 4.0 distro. I managed to get access to my own MySql server.
[June 18, 2007, 1:54]
Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?
News The important difference was that the Lavasoft utility found five data-mining objects, including one from trafficmp.com and another from doubleclick.net. Server and 2000 SP2, 2000 SP3, 2000 SP4 Advanced Server
[January 24, 2005, 13:15]
Microsoft eyes new turf to conquer
News Muglia previously ran the company's Personal Services Group, which is building back-end infrastructure for the MSN Internet service and for the .Net Web services initiative, which is still under development.
[February 15, 2002, 6:31]
Microsoft sets out its online services strategy
News They have become viable alternatives, particularly on the client side, to Java or Microsoft's .Net programming languages, such as C#. The company is also expected to discuss plans for making dynamic languages work better with .Net.
[April 30, 2007, 10:12]



