Re: .NET
- From: "Angra Mainyu" <angra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:28:56 -0400
"Will DeWitt Jr." wrote in
> Dave Nottage [TeamB] wrote
>
> > Sure, but since he's the product manager for SQL Server, he would
> > know a lot better than Thomas on the subject.
>
> I guess I don't see the relevance of Euan's status as an employee of
> Microsoft changing the fact that the message from Microsoft a few years
> ago was "everything will be .NET; if you're not learning/using .NET
> you're getting left behind; etc."
Other than your own memory of what you now perceive as Microsoft's message of a
few years ago can you provide any creditable references to substantiate Thomas'
claim that "SQL Server was going to be a .Net app"?
In the beginning Microsoft's "explanation" of their .NET strategy was so
confusing that few if any (and certainly not me) really understood what
they were describing but I sure don't recall they ever saying that SQL Server
was going to be rewritten to be a .NET app. At that time of the original
announcement, Microsoft called damn near everything .NET,
Heck I'm willing to bet that someone even named their cute little puppy .NET
rather than SPOT - which much later became the name of Microsoft's wireless
watch but nevertheless managed to get associated with being a dog.<g>
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7296_16-5115922.html#talkback
"Why Microsoft's SPOT is such a dog"
IIRC this was the original "Vision" announcement of their .NET strategy.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/ForumUmbrellaPR.mspx
Microsoft Unveils Vision for Next Generation Internet
Company Introduces .NET Generation of Software
REDMOND, Wash., June 22, 2000 Signaling a new era of personal empowerment and
business opportunity for consumers, businesses and software developers,
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the vision and road map for its next generation
of software and services, the Microsoft® .NET platform. Capitalizing on the
explosion of Internet-based computing and communications, Microsoft .NET
(pronounced "dot-net" ) will provide easier, more personalized and more
productive Internet experiences by harnessing constellations of smart devices
and Web sites with advanced software through Internet protocols and formats.
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