Java guru: C# misses the point
Q&A: In an interview, Sun inventor James Gosling dissects Microsoft's C#, suggesting the language is like Java with the 'reliability, productivity, and security' deleted.
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Is .Net ready to go anywhere?
Last month, the ECMA approved C# as a standard--raising the possibility that .Net might break free of its Windows underpinnings. Eric Knorr assesses the prospects.
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.Net approval--a boost for Microsoft
An international tech standards group has endorsed Microsoft's C# programming language as well as its Common Language Infrastructure. Analyst David Smith says it's a small victory for Microsoft.
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What is ECMA--and why Microsoft cares
ECMA may not be a familiar acronym, but this European standards body's decision on C# standardization could help boost--or bust--Microsoft's .NET efforts.
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Tech group backs Microsoft's .Net tools
The European Computer Manufacturers Association, an international technology standards group, endorses Microsoft's C# programming language as well as its Common Language Infrastructure.
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C# myths and realities
Eric Knorr went in search of unbiased opinion about Microsoft's new language for Web services development. Here's what he found.
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C# needs .Net, not vice versa
Larry Seltzer thinks that should C# fail as a language, .Net may still succeed, but if .Net fails in the market as a platform, C# will certainly fail.
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Tools for building Web services
Whether you want to develop with Java or Microsoft .Net, current Web services tools are surprisingly capable--considering they're the first generation. Here's a look at four of them.
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Real world, real Web services
Dollar Rent A Car, Fidesic, and ASP BlueMatrix are just of the companies that are putting Web services to work right now.
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.Net alternative easy to use
Positioned as a possible alternative to Microsoft's .NetAlerts, MagnetPoint's MagnetPoint Studio is a Java-based app development framework for building Web services messaging applications.
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