. NET Target (ii)

Strategically, Microsoft has found a way to dominate the internet. Although Microsoft has been working on this goal for a long time, it was not quite sure until recently what it was really about to do. (We should remember the interesting things that happened to ie: Microsoft free for each
Windows pc comes pre-loaded with IE, and many of IE's unique features pose an important threat to rival Netscape. ）

Today, with. NET, Microsoft shows us an internet of countless web applications that work together, all of which come from a global service exchange network. The Simple Object access Procotol (SOAP, the Easy Objects Access Protocol) and XML form the basis of these Web services.
The SOAP protocol was originally submitted to the IETF by DevelopMentor, Microsoft, and Userland software, and many software business participants, including IBM, are currently
With into soap.

Not only will these Web services be further developed on the Internet, but they will also change the way the enterprise internal planning information system is used to systematically use soap as an integrated middleware, and to assume a simple but efficient, standard EAI (Enterprise application Integration, enterprise application integration) role. In this way, enterprise information systems can also become the front-end and back-end Office applications network, these Office applications through SOAP collaboration, each other to invoke the implementation of the service
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Microsoft has achieved a series of successes in the field of multimedia publishing. It may use these experiences to quickly grow into a service provider in the field by renting or subscribing to a variety of web services. It should not be imprudent to make such an assumption with Microsoft.

But at the same time, other companies have not stalled: IBM and most recently Oracle have announced offerings that support Web services: IBM has long been a supporter of soap, providing "Web services on its own Alphaworks web site." Development Environment "(Web service development environment); Oracle also employs soap in 9i. Oracle also claims to provide "dynamic service", but its definition does not seem to be clear.

As a result, Web services can help Microsoft achieve a change in the revenue-generation model: In the original model, the main revenue comes from the physical products designed for stand-alone and the sales of licenses; in the new model, the main revenue will probably come from subscribing to or renting services provided by the software infrastructure, We can assume that some of them will be provided free of charge. There are rumors that Microsoft will end up offering its SDK and command-line compilers for free, with only one visual Studio. NET sold on the market. This strategy is one of the reasons why Java has been successful, and its JDK is free since Java was born.