dotnet distributed apps: hi, somebody
nice to meet you.
I'm a professor from China,and a half-time author.
Now a magazine named THE PROGRAM'S AGE ask me to write an
article "The History of Microsoft DotNet" for them.I paid
a lot of time searching on the internet,but nothing seems
valuable.
can you give some information?Thanks a lot.Looking forward
to your reply.

If .NET is web services, XML and SOAP, then you need to
look at the history of those three topics to get the
history of .NET. Remember, .NET isn't a MS invention but
rather a MS strategy for implementing the practices used
by the Java, XML, and web services world. Additionally,
you need to understand that advantages of the Java VM
bitcode model to understand why MS has gone with the same
model with .NET by employing a managed code model that
also includes bitcode known at MS as the CLR (Common
Language Runtime).

To me .NET is MS implementation of the best of everything
that state of computing has to offer. Microsoft is taking
the best ideas in computing and building it into their
products.

I also think you have to understand that .NET is the next
generation of distributed computing after COM and DCOM.
Therefore, you need to understand DCOM's limitations, and
why a new model (ie. web services) was needed. and
Microsoft's move to .NET is a move to a distributed model
that can scale across the global Internet.

thanks my friend,thanks my friend, sorry that I am afraid I misleaded
you. What I need is some BIG EVENT about .NET, for example:

1.2000.6.22 microsoft announced strategic plan of dotnet
2. ......

do you understand me?

Rolland


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thank you very much,Dino Chiesa.
but i have one question.the thing what u said is all of microsoft dotnet
BIG Events?

the last question, would you give me your email?my
email:rolland_han@msn.com

thanks.

regards
Rolland Han


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July 2000 - .NET PDC - first bits released of .NET runtime, .NET SDK, and
Visual Studio .NET
June 2001 - beta2 released of .NET SDK and VS.NET
Feb 13, 2002 - release of .NET v1.0 , VS.NET 2002
Sept 2002 - Microsoft releases Windows XP SP1, which optionally includes the
..NET Framework v1.0
April 24, 2003 - release of "Everett", .NET v1.1, VS.NET 2003
- Windows Server 2003 is released; it is the first OS to
include .NET in the box
October 2003 - details of "Whidbey", "Indigo" revealed at PDC in Los Angeles

If you are also interested in Rotor:
March 2002 - Microsoft ships a beta of "Rotor", the shared-source CLI
June 2002 - SSCLI beta Refresh
November 2002 - SSCLI v1.0 is released


There are other smaller events, like releases of WSE as well as the
application blocks. You have to track those down, yourself.

-Dino


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"Rolland Han" <rolland_han@msn.com> wrote in
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You need to verify some facts for yourself:
* Another company I don't remember the name of (Colusa?) builds a virtual
machine (OmniVM?) similar to the Java VM. They use write C++ and Visual
Basic compilers for this VM. Around '96 MS buys this company.
* In 1997 Mary Kirtland tells about a major rehaul of COM, called COM+
Runtime, with features similar to what we find in in .NET Runtime today.
They later goes back on this.
* Rumours appear about a new language from Microsoft, COOL. Those using
have signed a NonDisclosureAgreement, so I cannot reveal my source. But
people were using ut.
* W2K ships with COM+, but none of the runtime-stuff promised earlier.
* Late in 2000 .NET is announced

Some links (watch for line-breaks):
* http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HistoryOfCsharp
* http://discuss.develop.com/archives/wa.exe?A2=ind0007&L=DOTNET&P=R69142
&I=-3
* http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/csharpnut_1/index2.html
* http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~goconne/docs/lang.pdf (unsure of the relevance
of this)
* http://linuxtoday.com/security/1999090802004PS


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Hi Rolland,

Off topic, but to gain an understanding of Microsoft, watch "the pirates of
silicon valley" very informative, I enjoyed it.

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