.Net Roadmap on Microsoft Agenda
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Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will detail the roadmap for its software-as-a-service .Net strategy at a media event at its Redmond, Wash., campus. Sources told eWeek that while the focus of the event will be "directional" in nature rather than product oriented, it will be used to announce Release Candidate 1 of the much delayed Windows .Net Server familyReal-Time Communications (RTC) Server. A source working on Wednesday's .Net event said presentations from executives like chief software architect Bill Gates will be used to outline the vision and roadmap for .Net.
Gates and other executives will cite examples of customer adoption of .Net and what they see as the "tidal wave" of acceptance of the strategy among customers as one of the greatest achievements thus far, given the skepticism and misunderstanding that plagued the .Net strategy for some time after it was announced in 2000.