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Microsoft. NET

The Microsoft. NET strategy was presented by Microsoft officials to the rest of the world in June 2000:

* .NET is based on the newest Web standards
* .NET is Microsoft's new Internet and Web strategy
* .NET is NOT a new operating system
* .NET is a framework for universal services
* .NET is a server centric computing model
* .NET will run in any browser on any platform
* .NET is a new Internet and Web based infrastructure
* .NET delivers software as Web Services

.NET Internet Standards

.NET is built on the following Internet standards:

* HTTP, the communication protocol between Internet Applications
* XML, the format for exchanging data between Internet Applications
* SOAP, the standard format for requesting Web Services
* UDDI, the standard to search and discover Web Services

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is the infrastructure for the new Microsoft .NET Platform.

The .NET Framework is a common environment for building, deploying, and running Web Services and Web Applications.

The .NET Framework contains common class libraries
- like ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Windows Forms
- to provide advanced standard services that can be integrated into a variety of computer systems.

The .NET Framework is language neutral. Currently it supports C++, C#, Visual Basic, JScript (The Microsoft version of JavaScript) and COBOL.
Third-party languages
- like Eiffel, Perl, Python, Smalltalk, and others .
- will also be available for building future .NET Framework applications.

The new Visual Studio.NET is a common development environment for the new .NET Framework. It provides a feature-rich application execution environment, simplified development and easy integration between a number of different development languages.

More Info on MS.Net :-

* The .NET plan includes a new version of the Windows operating system, a new version of Office, and a variety of new development software for programmers to build Web-based applications.
* The background for .NET is part of Microsoft's new strategy to keep Windows the dominant operating system in the market, as computing begins to move away from desktop computers toward Internet enabled devices, such as hand-held computers and cell phones.
* The most visual components of the new .NET framework are the new Internet Information Server 6.0, with ASP.NET and ADO.NET support, Visual Studio.NET software tools to build Web-based software, and new XML support in the SQL Server 2000 database.
* Bill Gates is supervising the .NET project.

Building blocks of .NET

1. Web Services

Web Services provide data and services to other applications.
Future applications will access Web Services via standard Web Formats (HTTP, HTML, XML, and SOAP), with no need to know how the Web Service itself is implemented.
Web Services are main building blocks in the Microsoft .NET programming model.

2. Standard Communication

Official Web standards (XML, UDDI, SOAP) will be used to describe what Internet data is, and to describe what Web Services can do.
Future Web applications will be built on flexible services that can interact and exchange data, without the loss of integrity.

3. Internet Storages

.NET offers secure and addressable places to store data and applications on the Web. Allowing all types of Internet devices (PCs, Palmtops, Phones) to access data and applications.
These Web Services are built on Microsoft's existing NTFS, SQL Server, and Exchange technologies.

4. Internet Dynamic Delivery

Reliable automatic upgrades by demand and installation independent applications.
.NET will support rapid development of applications that can be dynamically reconfigured.

5. Internet Identity

.NET supports many different levels of authentication services like passwords, wallets, and smart cards.These services are built on existing Microsoft Passport and Windows Authentication technologies.

6. Internet Messaging

.NET supports integration of messaging, e-mail, voice-mail, and fax into one unified Internet Service, targeted for all kinds of PCs or smart Internet devices.
These services are built on existing Hotmail, Exchange and Instant Messenger technologies.

7. Internet Calendar

.NET supports Internet integration of work, social, and private home calendars. Allowing all types of Internet devices (PCs, Palmtops, Phones) to access the data.
These services are built on existing Outlook and Hotmail technologies.

8. Internet Directory Services

.NET supports a new kind of directory services that can answer XML based questions about Internet Services, far more exactly than search engines and yellow pages.
These services are built on the UDDI standard.

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What was dotnet know as before ?

What is Dotnet ?

Microsoft .NET is Microsoft's new Internet strategy.

.NET was originally called NGWS.

what ...! yes, I wrote it correct ... It was called as ....NGWS

NGWS - Next Generation Windows Services

Before the official announcement of .NET, the term NGWS was used for Microsoft's plans for producing an "Internet-based platform of Next Generation Windows Services".

The following was Steve Ballmer's quote ,January 2000:-

"Delivering an Internet-based platform of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) is the top priority of our company. The breakthroughs we’re talking about here include changes to the programming model, to the user interface, to the application integration model, the file system, new XML schema....."

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