Microsoft Corp’s .NET vision, once a confusing morass of marketing hype and technological buzzwords, is now a mature platform for the development and deployment of web-based applications which require inter-device connectivity, the company said.
The .NET framework, originally announced in 2000, is Microsoft’s collection of technology, products and solutions that it said would enable the exchange of information and applications between different devices -- such as PDAs, mobile phones, PCs, etc. -- across different kinds of networks, including the Internet and cellular networks.
This level of connectivity between completely different kinds of devices was made possible through the use of XML-based (eXtensible Markup Language) web services.
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