Microsoft. NET makes the next generation of Internet a reality

　　Overview: a revolutionary career

For the computer industry, the revolution is a "way of life ". 20 years ago, the zone was still in the mainframe era. At that time, only a very small number of people were able to use computers, and they could only use neighboring information industry organizations. The appearance of personal computers and image-based user interfaces has changed everything. Computers are popularized to thousands of households and truly become a commodity that can be produced by large industries. The business community is aware that networks connected by PCs and PC-based servers may change their business models, and PCs are rapidly becoming an emerging entertainment media for consumers. Then, the Internet followed. It revolutionizes our communication methods and creates rich and novel information and entertainment resources, in addition, a letter "e" is added in front of the "business ". Today, nearly 0.3 billion of the world's population is using the Internet. According to data from the International Data Group, the amount of online transactions worldwide this year will exceed $25 billion.

In the face of these network myths, we still find a huge space for improvement. Today's Internet is largely imitating the way old computers work. Despite ample bandwidth resources, a large amount of information is still "locked" in the central database and guarded by "security personnel. Users must rely on network servers to perform all Internet operations, which is similar to the old time-sharing system. Websites are isolated islands and cannot communicate with each other in a meaningful manner according to user instructions. Today's network seems to be able to provide limited services to individual users through a single website-because most web pages can only present HTML-format data "Images", rather than the information itself. (For most web pages, it is very difficult to take both of them into account under the current technical conditions .) In addition, the browser itself is only a beautifying "dumb read-only terminal" in many ways-you can easily browse information, however, it is difficult to edit, analyze, and copy (in fact, all the work that knowledge workers need to do ). "Personalization" only means entering the website repeatedly and constantly disclosing personal privacy to every website you visit. You must adapt to technology, not vice versa.

When you use multiple PCs or portable devices at the same time, the problems mentioned above will multiply. To view online information, emails, offline data, and other data, You have to interact with multiple user interfaces (and sometimes conflict with each other) and changing data entry levels and continuous information synchronization to "struggle" (that is, when you use a computer to physically connect devices and networks ). Online data is presented in an imperfect predefined format, greatly reducing information availability. The concept of "personal information space" that meets your requirements is still a dream.

Network developers want to build, test, and publish attractive websites, but few tools are available. Many of them pay more attention to the visual appeal of websites, rather than practicality. No developer pays attention to the entire software lifecycle in a continuous and effective way-from conception, development, delivery to maintenance. There is no system available to allow developers to write programs for their personal computers to be used on other devices at the same time.

Company users have to face more challenges. The emergence of small Server clusters, such as taobaomao, reduces spof and improves the reliability of computing as a whole. However, the management of systems becomes more and more complex. Performance testing, capability planning, and operation management are challenging today's multi-level and multi-functional websites. The new e-commerce system is rarely well planned: how to coordinate with the existing business system. New systems should enable your business partners and consumers to do business securely across firewalls and efficiently, but similar systems are so difficult to design, so many companies have to adopt expensive dual systems.

Is all development coming to an end? In fact, everyone believes that the network will always develop forward. However, in order to truly improve the capabilities of developers, enterprises and consumers, people must have an advanced imagination. Microsoft's responsibility lies in boldly imagining and turning it into reality.

Microsoft. NET: Beyond browsing and beyond website

Microsoft is creating a new generation of advanced computer software. It revolutionizes computing and communication technologies, provides developers with tools, and is committed to changing networks and other computing technologies. We call this innovation Microsoft? . Net, which enables developers, enterprises, and consumers to use science and technology as they wish for the first time. Microsoft? . NET will create a true distributed network service, which can integrate and coordinate a large number of auxiliary programs to provide unique services for consumers-and this is exactly what today's websites dream. Microsoft? . NET will promote the development of the new generation of Internet. It will truly allow people to get information anytime, anywhere, and through any device.

Microsoft. the basic idea behind net is to stop paying attention to a single website and a single device connected to the Internet, but to make all computer groups, related devices, and service providers work together, provides a wider range of solutions. People will be able to control what information, when, and in what way they send to themselves. Computer groups, related devices, and service providers will be able to collaborate with each other to provide more diverse services, rather than isolated islands like today. Users will provide only integration. Consumers will be able to closely embed the products and services provided by enterprises into their own electronic equipment architecture. In 1980s, the emergence of personal computers provided people with the right to information autonomy for the first time, while Microsoft? . NET is another prospect and is another extension of this autonomous right.

Microsoft. NET will drive a revolution in the Internet, and HTML format expressions will be upgraded to programmable information in XML format. XML is a standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and widely supported by the industry. This alliance has also developed standards for Web browsers. In the development process, Microsoft provided comprehensive support, but this technology is not proprietary to Microsoft. XML is a method for separating real data from its visual representation. It is a key technology of the new generation of Internet, and a method to "Liberate" information, allowing information to be re-organized, programmed, and edited. It is also a new idea, transfers data to multiple digital devices in a more useful form, allowing websites to collaborate and provide a series of interactive new network services.

　　Microsoft. NET includes the following components:

Microsoft. NET platform -- contains.. net infrastructure and tools to run a new generation of service programs ;.. Net user experience supports richer clients ;. net construction module, a new generation of highly distributed hyperservice; and. net device software to support new smart Internet devices.

Microsoft. NET products and services-including windows. Net with core constructor services; MSN ?. Net; personal subscription service; office. Net; Visual Studio ?. Net; and bcentral? For. net.

Third-party. Net Services-many Microsoft business partners and third-party developers will have the opportunity to create enterprise software and vertical service programs based on. NET platforms.

Microsoft. NET will bring computing and communication into a rich, cooperative, and interactive environment, far better than today's one-way network. Microsoft. net will use a series of applications, service programs and related devices to create a personalized digital experience, it can be automatically adjusted according to your own, your family, and company needs. It means that you will be able to manage your life and work in the Internet age through a whole set of new software components.

For consumers, Microsoft. net means a simple overall service; unified information browsing, editing, and authorization; view your data, work, and online and offline media; an overall system solution; personalization anytime, anywhere; absolutely free. For example, any changes to your personal information-whether through a PC, a portable device, or a smart card-will immediately and automatically notify all places where such information is needed.

For knowledge workers and enterprises, Microsoft. net means unified information browsing, editing and authorization; rich synchronous communication; close mobile communication; effective information management and e-commerce tools, flexible switching between Intranet-based and Internet-based service programs provides support for the era of dynamic business partnerships.

For independent software developers, Microsoft. net means they will get more opportunities to create more advanced services for the internet age-they can automatically obtain and use the information they need from the local or remote, working in any language or device, you do not have to rewrite programs for different working environments. Everything on the Internet becomes the potential construction module of this new generation of service programs, and every application can be used online.

Microsoft. NET's prospects mean the liberation of consumers, enterprises, software developers and the entire industry. It means the release of all potential capabilities of the Internet and the free travel on the Internet.

　　Microsoft. NET platform: build a new generation of Internet

Microsoft. NET platform based on XML and Internet protocol standard integrated structure to develop new advanced software

　　Microsoft. NET user technology: Smart Interaction

Today, computing technology is divided into two areas: Applications for personal computers and related devices, and websites. Microsoft. NET allows these two companies to work closely together to combine powerful functions with endless information oceans on the Internet. It will turn today's network into the "Interactive innovation space" that Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of WWW, predicted ".

Today, working in both online and offline environments-or even using only one PC-is disappointing and inefficient. Work is more dispersed than the whole: network browsing (read-only), creativity (writing and editing), Communication (email and instant messages), schedules and contacts (offline, relying on devices), the types, functions, and configurations of the applications they need are far from each other. Most people tend to use a single and comprehensive operating environment that can adapt to any nature of work, switch between local and remote service providers and applications without any errors, and basically rely on the device itself to work. To some extent, it is a universal canvas of the Internet era. To achieve this goal, Microsoft. NET provides users with the following products:

Natural interface-a new generation of "Human-Machine Interaction Technology Assembly", including entering voice, vision, handwriting, and natural language through the "input box. These technologies can be reorganized for multi-mode user interfaces. The natural interface provides conventional user technologies for all devices and operating environments.

Generic canvas-This XML composite information architecture integrates browsing, communication, and Data Writing in a unified and comprehensive environment, allowing users to integrate and interact information in a unified manner. The general canvas built on the XML Plan converts the Internet from a read-only environment to a read/write platform, allowing users to write, browse, edit, comment, and analyze information in an interactive manner. Because all information expressions are based on XML format, generic canvases can gather information from all corners of the world for users to read and make comprehensive use.

Information proxy-helps you manage your identities and roles on the Internet, allowing you to better control the ways in which networks and service providers interact with you. It also maintains your historical records, device environment, and selection priorities, that is, the past, present, and future of your Internet life. It supports privacy assurance technologies such as p3p. Unlike today's Internet, your personal information is always in your own hands and you decide who to access. So that you only need to define the priority of personal choice at one time, and then all websites and service providers can use this information.

Smart Tag-set intelliisense? Technology extends to network content, allowing your personal computers and related devices to intelligently process information from the Internet. This scalable architecture allows anyone to create adaptive user skills and data helpers. It is the internal capability of XML planning.

Microsoft. NET coordinates with a series of new smart devices to form the internet you want. The new generation of Internet devices will be able to use service programs on network hosts to provide more powerful local processing capabilities. They use networks intelligently to develop broadband connections, but economically occupy wireless bandwidth resources. In addition, new devices such as tablets and PCs will emerge. These smart devices that can be programmed, stylized, and automatically updated without any management will see explosive growth in the next five years, they will also establish good partnerships with the ultimate smart network device, personal computer.

　　Conclusion:. Net Revolution

Microsoft made a prediction that "information is at your fingertips" ten years ago. At that time, what was the information? The modem is connected at a rate of 4800 Potter; most messages are sent via normal fax instead of email; almost no one has heard of the Internet. Although we have foreseen a world where people can obtain information as they wish, we do not know what technologies can be used to turn this into reality. But today we know exactly.

As the first platform to fully utilize computing and communication technologies, Microsoft. NET will undoubtedly create a revolution in the first decade of the 21st century in the above two fields.

Microsoft. NET will make computing and communication work more easily than ever before. It will generate a new generation of Internet services, giving thousands of software developers the opportunity to create revolutionary online services and new businesses. It re-delivers control of privacy, digital identities, and related data to you, and is more reliable. Software makes everything possible.

Microsoft. NET, as a software, can be successfully applied only widely. Microsoft's philosophy is to produce low-cost, high-volume, and high-performance software products, bringing greater capabilities to individuals and enterprise users, create more opportunities for consumers, business partners, and all independent software developers. It is this philosophy that makes Microsoft different from its competitors-and Microsoft. NET has pushed this philosophy to a higher level.