.NET strategy

The .NET strategy was a long-term Microsoft software development and marketing plan, envisioned in late 1990s. Former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, described it as Microsoft's "most ambitious undertaking since Internet Strategy Day in 1995". It involved massive changes across all Microsoft products that enable cooperation, interoperability and content embedding. In support of this strategy, between 2000 and 2002, Microsoft added ".NET" branding to several of its works, including Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic .NET, .NET Passport, .NET My Services, .NET Framework, ASP.NET and ADO.NET. A Windows .NET Server was also announced. Microsoft had plans to include Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server and MSN into this strategy.[1][2][3][4][5]

By 2003, however, the .NET strategy had dwindled into a failed branding campaign because the brand had failed to articulate what Microsoft had in mind in the first place. As such, Windows .NET Server was released under the title of Windows Server 2003.[6] Since then, Visual Studio and .NET Passport have been stripped of ".NET" in their brandings. However, Microsoft and the rest of the computing industry use ".NET" to indicate close association with .NET Framework, e.g. .NET Compiler Platform, .NET Foundation and .NET Reflector.

References

  1. ↑ Deckmyn, Dominique (23 June 2000). "Update: Microsoft stakes future on .Net strategy". Computerworld. IDG.
  2. ↑ "Advancing Microsoft's .NET strategy". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. 14 August 2000.
  3. ↑ Serwin, Sebastian (19 July 2002). "The Microsoft's .NET strategy". TechGenix.
  4. ↑ Thurrott, Paul (29 September 2002). "Windows .NET Server: A First Look". ITPro. Informa USA.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft .NET My Services - Family Home Page". Microsoft. Archived from the original on November 7, 2001. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Windows Server's identity crisis". CNET. CBS Interactive. 9 January 2003.

Further reading

  • "Microsoft .NET: Realizing the Next Generation Internet". microsoft.com. Microsoft. 30 June 2000. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  • Brodkin, Jon (22 June 2010). "10 years ago today, Microsoft unveiled the .NET Framework". Network World. IDG.
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