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How far can Microsoft spread its .NET? Will Microsoft's .NET eventually bring mainframe and...

By McKendrick, Joseph
Publication: Enterprise Systems Journal
Date: Friday, November 1 2002

What exactly is .NET? A consultant with a leading IT services firm I recently spoke with likened Microsoft's .NET vision to "a spell-checker for rent over the Internet for Word." Another analyst views it as a Windows-preservation strategy in a world moving to Web services--and potential platform independence. Maybe Microsoft hasn't done a good job explaining .NET, or maybe the software giant wants to keep the concept in a formless state until it sees what the market is willing to pay for.

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