Gates foreshadows .Net future
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates provided some insight into the future of the .Net product line Wednesday here at a .Net Briefing day on the company's campus. In addition to announcing the availability of Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of .Net Server, Gates discussed a road map for .Net, including forthcoming products. Describing the path to the future release of the next generation of Windows, code-named Longhorn, as a "long-term approach," Gates reiterated Microsoft's position that XML is the foundation of its software development efforts.
Gates said Microsoft's .Net vision is designed to "break down barriers" imposed by the current generation of software. Noting that people still ask for the definition of .Net, he said its goal is to build "software to connect information, people, systems, and devices."