The Microsoft .NET initiative is all-encompassing, ever-present, and in certain ways, brand-new—but the underlying technologies have been with us for some time. In this article, we’ll explore the ...

In response to the Feb. 7 column by Bill Joy, "Microsoft's blind spot": It's clear to me that there is some level of misunderstanding in parts of the information-technology community about Microsoft's ...

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In a move few would have ever imagined coming to pass, Microsoft is open sourcing more of its .Net developer framework and programming languages. Company officials announced the move on April 3 at ...

Microsoft has generated so much hype about .NET that many are wondering whether the software giant’s technology for connecting information, people, systems and devices can live up to its billing. .NET ...

Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' Boston-based executive editor and east coast bureau chief, serving as department editor for business technology and software covered by CNET ...

The frequency with which Microsoft has changed database access technologies is remarkable, with each new scheme offering the promise that .NET developers have finally arrived at a long-term solution.

SAN DIEGO, California-- The cold war between Microsoft and the open-source world has thawed a little more following an announcement that the widely popular Apache Web server will support Microsoft's ...

Definitive Technical Conference Focuses On Building And Deploying .NET Solutions AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Friday, July 27, 2001 - Software developers and IT professionals attending Tech·Ed 2001, the ...