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Notes on upcoming changes in approaches to web design.

Microsoft .Net and the web tomorrow-

The .NET system offered by Microsoft Corporation, consists of three major components:

First, their intention is to provide a more effective approach to multi-platform development.  That is to say, from a programmers point of view, it will allow a program to be written in an environment where we can easily produce end products that run on operating systems like Linux, Solaris, Windows and OS-X.  This requires less code changes when a product is revised. 

The second objective is to allow a more web oriented approach to general programming, such as providing a simple system for connecting databases for web commerce with traditional local network systems like general accounting.  This is accomplished through the use of XML for database code and NET native code for active web pages. 

Finally, Microsoft wants to leverage it's share of the desktop PC market into providing enterprise software much like Oracle and Sun Microsystems.  This focus is not new, but their quest for the holy grail seems in reach if .NET succeeds.

Our view of the high-end database business is that .NET may well move Microsoft into a major market share of this very profitable market.  Other favorites include Linux and of course Oracle.

So what does this mean for your business?  First, due the high cost of transferring code over to .NET compliant standards, many companies like LaData will make a slow change, focusing on new projects and migrating them first.  We feel the move to .NET will be a gradual one and many will wait to see if competitors offer viable alternatives.

In the mean time, many components of the .NET system can be implemented.  ASP or Active Server Pages, blending HTML, XML and scripting languages, improve the function and security of web-based commerce.  By allowing the customers data to remain on local machines, page loading is much faster and exposure of customer data to repeated transfers over the web is greatly reduced.

Future Plans

Our plans include developing a series of links to sites which we find useful and to provide a forum for discussing current issues such as security items, programming ideas and tech solutions to business problems. 

Many of our customers have in house IT staff, and to aid them in developing new expertise, we are planning to add a series of articles on programming and system maintenance.

Web Changes

Note the Discussion page is now up. We are also using it for notes on products and updates between adding items to the FAQ page.

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Notes on Security problems

Due to serious flaws in security concerning Windows OS, we urge you to go to microsoft.com for updates.  This site will check to see what updates are needed.  The updates are all free.  However, as of early July, 2005, Microsoft now forces you to download a license validity checking tool to be sure your copy of Windows is registered.

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