Lost in the energetic hyperbole surrounding its roll out is the fact that Visual Studio
.NET is the first Microsoft product to emerge from the company's new
Trustworthy Computing initiative.
In the midst of a dramatic repositioning as a Web services vendor, application server pioneer SilverStream Software announced poor financial results for Q4/01. Software license revenue was $5.5 million vs. $12.3 million in Q4/OO. The company also announced layoffs of more than 100 people.
Despite a burst of attention directed at new languages like Java and C#, C++ use continues to grow. At the same time, .NET-driven changes in Microsoft's popular Visual C++ tool may alienate some C++ developers. Into this scene arrives Borland Software Corp. with C++ Builder 6.
Billing it as nothing less than the 'most comprehensive development tool of
all time,' Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today rolled out
the long anticipated Visual Studio .NET software suite at the VSLive! 2002 Conference
in San Francisco.
The new software subsidiary of Palm Inc. finally got a name (PalmSource)
with the unveiling of the fresh operating system for the parent firm's
PDA.