After downplaying the importance of the emerging Ajax programming model, Microsoft Corp. has decided to jump with booth feet into the Ajax fray.
On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled "Atlas," a Web client framework that is designed to support multiple DHTML controls with JavaScript code.
With Atlas, Microsoft is looking to simplify Ajax programming, Microsoft officials said.
Microsoft is seeking to "remedy the fact that you don't have to be a rocket scientist" to figure out how to develop for all facets of the Web, said Charles Fitzgerald, general manager of Microsoft's platform strategy group.
Atlas "will let you manage server-side interactions and support full-blown Web services," Fitzgerald said.
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