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Originally published at Internet.comQ&A with Microsoft on .NET
The following are questions posed by the editor of Developer.com as well as a number of readers from Developer.com. A few questions from CodeGuru.com were also included. This report will be updated as additional answers are provided for the unanswered questions. Answers are provided by Microsoft product people.
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Around 1995 Microsoft was pushing OLE and COM, however, developers didn't seem to be jumping on the band wagon. Around 1996 Microsoft started pushing ActiveX more than the OLE and COM. Around 1999 Microsoft started pushing Distributed iNternet Architecture (DNA). It seems like every 2 to 3 years there is a new initiative being pushed by Microsoft that is quickly pushed to the side. How is the .NET initiative different from these past initiatives? Will it be pushed aside in 2 or 3 years from something else?
Charles Sterling, Product Manager .NET Framework: Despite the different names Microsoft has been singularly focused on making distributing computing easier for developers to create scalable modular applications (which in turn means the app
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