enterprise| Server Microsoft week three first acknowledgment. NET plan has been slow, but the company has also drawn up plans to promote the software strategy.
Microsoft chairman and Software architect Bill Gates said the. NET plan, which was launched two years ago, is ahead of some progress, but some parts are less than expected.
Bill Gates said so at a Wednesday headquarters meeting, and Microsoft also unveiled the future at the conference. NET architecture plan.
. NET plan includes the introduction of a new Windows operating system called Windows. NET Server; NET supports a new technology that is currently the industry's hottest Web services, which will make it easier to link internal computers and across corporate systems to the existing model.
. NET product is immature
Although the developers and analysts are generally given. NET design is highly rated, but some customers complain that Microsoft's marketing plan is confusing. Microsoft has put the current products on the hook. NET name, but the actual product has not added any obvious new features. Gates also acknowledged the negligence in Wednesday.
The launch of the ".net Enterprise Server in September 2000 may have been too early for the. Net title," Gates said, "the first generation. NET products are in the existing function of the addition of a layer of procedures. 」
On the. NET issue, Microsoft also launched consumer-oriented web Services products called. NET My services at the time, but the product is now being rebuilt. Microsoft is expected to convert. Net My services technology to a software server for enterprises to provide customers with various services.
"(. Net my Services) is certainly immature in some of the mechanisms," Gates said. "I think his vision is good, but we made some mistakes and we have to readjust our pace." 」
Illuminata analyst James Governer says the biggest mistake Microsoft has made on. Net My services is not the technical, but the misjudgment of the market, which Microsoft believes customers will be willing to hand over sensitive information to Microsoft.
But Gates also said. NET's biggest achievement is the launch of the development tool, visual Studio. NET, in February this year.
. NET components will be released in succession
Gates revealed that Microsoft is currently doing some "reset" (reset) work and will be rolling out in the next 12 months. NET component. The new office will make more effective use of Web services technology and will incorporate the latest communication and collaboration functions.
Gates also reiterated that the implementation of the trustworthy Computing program will only improve the safety of the software, which is expected to cost more than 100 million dollars. Microsoft unveiled palladium last month to ensure PC security by fixing the window's operating system.
Microsoft also shows a new real-time Communications Server software code-named Greenwich, expected to be listed in the first half of 2003, can be directly connected to the network through Web services technology users.
Microsoft is also planning to launch a new version of the SQL Server database, code-named Yukon, will be used in the data storage architecture, making it easier to find company data. Then there will be a new version of Windows Code Longorn, which will also use the Yukon data storage function. As for visual Studio. NET software development tools will also be added to Yukon technology in the new edition of 2003.
About. NET's current performance, Bill Gates's own rating is C, he believes that some of the key services technology and "Software as a service" concept is not mature. "hotmail e-mail services can be said to be the concept of software as a flourish, but there are many places to strengthen. 」
As for the security link technology Trustbridge, Microsoft is also expected to be launched next year. (Chen Ms. Clever)
