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Salon Microsoft's .Net: Visionary or vaporware?
"My first thought on hearing last week that Microsoft has dubbed its new technology scheme ".Net" was, There they go again. "

"Microsoft's gamble on XML as the Net's next-generation lingua franca makes bold sense. But the company's plan to be all things to all people on all devices smacks of a lack of focus.

While Microsoft is fumbling around trying to get every piece of its giant universal everything-machine to work together, the next Napster developer will be inventing some specific cool tool that works today and captures the fancy of millions. While Gates places his chips all over the table, others will place their bets on the winning squares -- and quite possibly walk off with the game.

Of course, at that point Microsoft can still revert to Plan B: What it hasn't built, it can always buy."

Dan Gillmor .Net initiative is close to all Microsoft, all the time
"TALK about integration. The Microsoft.Net (pronounced dot-net) initiative is the ultimate merger of the Windows operating system, Microsoft's other core products and just about everything else -- including the Internet itself.

It's monumentally Microsoft-centric, far more than necessary. It's also a move in the right direction, if you have accepted that the Internet has become the most important computing platform of all and that software is morphing into Net-based services."

"Anyone who doubted the company's intention to use its desktop monopoly as leverage in the next generation of computing just isn't paying attention. The .Net platform isn't all Microsoft, all the time, but it's close.

Despite some share-the-wealth rhetoric from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, the overall message seemed clear enough to me: You won't be required to use Windows and other Microsoft products, but if you don't, you'll fall irretrievably behind the curve."

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