TechBoy Posted August 7, 2003 Microsoft hopes to turn up the heat on its Java rivals with plans for new software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications. The software, code-named Indigo, is the next generation of Microsoft's .Net Web services product. The company is expected to disclose more details at its Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles in October. While Microsoft executives have offered scant information on Indigo, people familiar with the company's plans said that the software takes direct aim at IBM, Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, Oracle and other rivals that sell products based on the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standard. Microsoft has made inroads into large corporations with its back-end server software. However, J2EE-based systems are still generally favored by such customers for more complex computing jobs, such as running stock exchanges or high-volume Web sites. Indigo is tightly linked to Microsoft's Windows operating system and should update the company's .Net Framework tool for building applications. The tool is the "plumbing" for software needed to run Web services applications--which allow disparate systems to share data--on Windows operating systems. now tell me what do you think ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rudy-Diiriye Posted August 12, 2003 MS has hired the same guy who developed Java to create C sharp which is mainly the engine that drive .Net. I wonder if this is same indian guy who is developing Indigo??? :confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
