Microsoft's .NET 'moving along just fine'
usatoday.com | at | by Mike
It's tempting to declare Microsoft's ambitious .Net strategy a flop - as some have. After all, two years have slipped by since Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates redirected his troops to find new ways to profit from increased business and consumer use of the Web. Meteoric success did not follow, prompting some company watchers and competitors to deride .Net as .NotYet. Big mistake.
Microsoft is more determined than ever to recast itself as a major innovator and supplier of Web-centric software. After early missteps, the software titan has tenaciously latched on to a tiered plan to immerse its products deep inside corporate data centers, as well as in consumers' living rooms. The goal: catch the next big wave of technology spending as businesses move to further tap the power of the Internet.