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Hi all,
Haven't been able to go to the PDC. Heard that the server version will be available only in 2002. Can someone confirm this?
Thanks
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I think what they mean by that is that in 2002 (I assume with Blackcomb or whatever it's called) they'll release a set of services similar to COM+ that would take care of load balancing, messaging, role-based security, God knows what else.
I understand it must take time to do those things, I don't blame them, on another hand it gives an advantage to their competition - J2EE servers are already available.
PS:
I don't actually know it but seams like a good guess.
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For all those who think that J2EE is new, take a look at J2EE which has only recently launched, Then take a look at MTS & DCOM - J2EE is such a blatant rip-off it's frightening. Unfortunately, anyone programming to J2EE is going to suffer from having to write too much plumbing and from having an inherently inefficient execution engine to run within.
The beauty if .NET is that it makes the whole language discussion mute - language no longer matters - some will prefer VB, some COBOL, some Java, some Eiffel (!) and many will prefer C# - it matters not, they're all supported.
What will matter is the platform, execution environment, ease of deployment, debugging, maintaining solutions and your speed to market with those solutions. Java simply can't compete with .NET - it's too far behind.
Rich.T.
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.NET will be available 2nd half of 2001 - but in the meantime there are rumors that the beta will be available from MS this month.
Just cross your fingers and hope!
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I don't care what the majority seem to say - I think .NET will be way cool. Finally we get connected services working together!
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I totally agree. I have been playing around with the NGWSSDK, C# and VS.NET since the PDC and I really like what I see. Of course, the performance isn't up to snuff but this is pre-Beta after all.
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Is there any other way to get a preview of these tools (Visual Studio/C++ 7) without going to something like the PDC? Everyone doesnt have 300 dollars for a ticket plus a plain-ticket, etc. 
-Dan Smith
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I have heard that if you are a MSDN Pro or greater subscriber, MS has talked about doing an August distribution of the Tech Preview materials they gave us at the PDC. Not sure if this will actually happen or not. Anyway, MS should start the beta program sometime this fall, say October-ish.
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you can go the the microsoft site and the .net pages and order a cd for about 13 dollars us. If you are and msdn universal subscriber you can download it or wait until they send it to you free.
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