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Obfuscation: It's not just for Java anymore

Cleveland-based PreEmptive Solutions Inc., along with Microsoft, has announced the integration of PreEmptive's Dotfuscator Community Edition into the next version of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET.

Gates at OOPSLA

At the recent OOPSLA 2002 conference in Seattle, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates discussed the upcoming road map for Visual C#, .NET and Visual C++.

VB6 developers transition to .NET

There is a growing trend toward widespread adoption of the Microsoft Web services development environment by Visual Basic 6 developers.

A new component realism emerges

Realists dismiss noise surrounding J2EE and .NET to concentrate on more important hurdles on the road to a true distributed component model -- like licensing, reuse, testing and Web services.

.NET and Java: No real integration yet

Given the lawsuits and general bad blood between Microsoft and Sun, most people are not banking on anything breaking on the .NET and Java integration front anytime soon.

Groove tool eases P2P for Visual Studio developers

Groove Networks has recently sought to supplement its own toolset with hooks to the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET environment.

Delphi takes on .NET development, improves MDA support

The latest version of Borland's popular Delphi Studio toolset is poised to play a major role in the next phase of Microsoft Windows-oriented application development.

Optimize VB.NET Code Performance

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET -- here's half a dozen new ways to build wicked-fast code.

Compuware: One Java, .NET size doesn't fit all

It is probably easier for Red Sox and Yankee fans to find common ground than it is for adherents to Java or .NET.

.NET, Apache link seen as boost to Web services

Developers can now use Microsoft .NET to build applications linking to the popular Apache Web server, according to San Francisco-based Covalent Technologies Inc., which markets Apache 2.0 as part of its Enterprise Ready Server.

.NET finds a home on the range

Needing a new application to track wild elk herds in the Rockies, the Colorado Department of Agriculture turned to a Web services architecture.

Speed Up Your VB.NET Code

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.

Early .NET returns: So far, so good

Users say the transition to .NET is mostly smooth so far, but Java appears safe for now.

Oracle developers get .NET boost

Lost in the hoopla of the .NET lovefest in Redmond last week was the unveiling a technology that Microsoft officials promise can provide IT developers the ability to more easily integrate applications built on the .NET framework with Oracle databases.

NEWS ANALYSIS -- Psst: .NET's far ahead of rivals

Microsoft’s .NET technology is at least six months ahead of its rivals. It’s more complete, more ready and more widely deployed than any of its Web services framework competitors.

Make Sense of Web Service Discovery

Rumors of DISCO's death have been greatly exaggerated -- it's simply hibernating. Roger Jennings shows you how to wake the DISCO service and prepare for eventual migration to its replacement: WS-Inspection.

AvantGo gets DHTML-savvy server

AvantGo this week released M-Business Server 5.0 Application Edition, which supports XML Web services, DOM and dynamic HTML. It enables use of VisualStudio .NET, and programming languages such as C# and Java. -May 15

XML/Web Services Page

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ADT Book Review: Say hello to CodeNotes

A review of the book "CodeNotes for .NET" edited by Gregory Brill.

.NET & Beyond: Confronting .NET myths

Many misconceptions about .NET revolve around the issue of Web services. It is worth the effort to clear things up, says David Chappell.