M$.WET explained ?!

Trojan

Hey guys,

There's a good article by Bertrand Meyer on .net in Augusts IEEE Computer (it may be available on the web site too - check computer.org for article ".NET Is Coming").

Seems like a pretty good article, but I think I'm going to have to re-read it (or have a couple of pints with Kealan) before I fully understand wtf it's all about.

They note that a PC Magazine reporter (John Dvorak) said that ".NET is surrounded by too-many buzz words and generalities to to understandable. [snip]. It has the onerous smell of failure about it already".

I agree with his first sentiment, but it looks like M$ is "betting the company" on it (to quote somebody I heard recently?!), and they have too many resources to let it collapse completely.

A general definition might be: "An open language platform for enterprise and web development"

The aim is to provide an abstract machine for professional developers, covering both traditional IT (client-server and n-tier), and web-oriented apps.

It is neither a programming language or an OS, although it does include the new language "blunt c" or something .

Meyer seems pretty impressed by.NET but then again, he's been working with M$ on the eiffel stuff for ages ( http://www.eiffel.com/announcements/2000/pdc/ ). Still, the ASP.NET stuff seems pretty cool, and if it does what it claims well (that is, making it possible to change a website into a non-web gui client), it should be very popular.

There's a lot of other cool stuff, built in versioning and security, they are trying to clean up their act it that area

Meyer has a load of stuff including downloadable demos of Eiffel tools on http://dotnet.eiffel.com/ (direct https link: https://www.eiffel.com/webforms/dec_download_ini.html )

Al.

Hobbes

Want to know how much XP will cost you in rental fees?

http://xproi.forbes.com/

Trojan

Originally posted by Hobbes
Want to know how much XP will cost you in rental fees?

http://xproi.forbes.com/

I did a 1 user laptop only, no h/w upgrade, with M$0ffice 97 installed... total investment was $18,689 ... most of the cost was "engineering", and I am a little sceptical of that figure...

But I am interested in the cost savings in IT support as calculated:

Windows XP is based on the Windows 2000 code, therefore it is very stable. This saves a user 20 minutes every week through not having to reboot their machine repeatedly.

The System Restore feature allows users to step back to a previous version of their settings and data. This allows them to save at least 30 minutes per year in lost data and settings

User State Migration features may save the IT department 30 minutes per MONTH.

Enhanced usability features will save users approximately 60 minutes per MONTH.

Remote assistance and software installation features will save IT departments 60 minutes a YEAR.

Windows XP employs enhanced security features. This saves users approximately 30 minutes per WEEK.

Mobile support benefits. This saves users approximately 60 minutes per MONTH.

The above is worth $350 according to the site...

Here's a link that may or may not work:

http://xproi.forbes.com/results.asp?v=1&r=1,1,100,0,0,100,-1,-1,-1,0,100,0,0&a=260,150,463,279,2500,1200,150,2,1,2,1,50,30,50,20,30,30,60,60,30,60,-1,-1,-1

Al.