Visual Studio .NET 2003, "Whitehorse" on tap
crn.com | at | by Mike
Even as rumors persist about possible acquisitions in the developer tools market, Microsoft is gearing up for a major upgrade of Visual Studio .Net that is more enterprise-ready. The upgrade, code-named Everett, was officially named Visual Studio .Net 2003 last week. It is expected to ship in the same time frame as Windows .Net Server 2003, now due in April, the company said. Visual Studio. Net 2003 is expected to be touted at the VSLive developer's conference, to be held Feb. 9-14 in San Francisco. A future version, code-named Whidbey, is due in 2004. Visual Studio .Net 2003 is slated to include enterprise features useful for corporate developers, including support for mobile devices and enterprise databases.