Microsoft is working on a set of tools, code-named Trinity, aimed at consolidating two of its largest developer camps: those writing for Office and those writing for .Net.
Trinity is a set of tools, frameworks, Office integration solutions and customer-assistance solutions under development by the company's Developer Division, according to sources familiar with Microsoft's evolving strategy.
Microsoft will take its first steps toward delivering Trinity by building support for managed code into Word 11 and Excel 11, said sources. The company also is working to sync up its Visual Studio and Office platforms. The version of Visual Studio .Net expected in 2004, known internally as VS-Whidbey, will feature some of the Trinity application-designer tools, sources added.
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