[Am-info] Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?

[Fred A. Miller]

"COMMENTARY--Stories about plumbing aren't very sexy, but I think this 
one has the makings of a real beaut. IBM, Sun Microsystems and BEA 
Systems are each courting developers to help ensure that their server 
software is the preferred choice for implementing business 
applications. But in Redmond, Wash., the folks at Microsoft are again 
working hard on a plan to outflank their Java rivals. 

. This time, it's a software tool that will supposedly ease the creation 
of heavy-duty Web services applications. The product, which in some 
way, shape or function has been in the works for the better part of 
two-plus years, will provide a sticky middleware layer specially 
created to work with Microsoft products. (More details are expected at 
Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in October.) 

The pitch to customers will be that the upcoming Longhorn release of 
Windows will go hand-in-hand with a superior Web services 
infrastructure to anything offered up by the J2EE camp."

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5069611.html

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"...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly)."