>>A .NET editorial appeared in the latest (and last) edition of Enterprise Systems Journal. You can read the article online at http://www.esj.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=118
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>>I'm behind in my postings so I'll leave the analysis for others. I love this line, though -- A consultant with a leading IT services firm I recently spoke with likened Microsoft's .NET vision to "a spell-checker for rent over the Internet for Word."
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>This really shows how uneducated people can be who are journalists and editors. People who think .NET is only about subscription based web services are not well educated and/or not very technical. <

In that vein, I'm sure you'll tromp around MSFT and correct the fact that MSFT has worked on SQL Server for over 15 years -- putting to rest the fake 10 year anniversary for SQL Server...

Anyway, I just posted it because I thought it was humorous.

Having said that, Steve Ballmer was recently asked (by recently, I mean within the month) about "software as a service" and he indicated that it's still a long term goal for MSFT. So the humorous quote isn't entirely inaccurate, either. Considering the enormous advertising budget, any "miseducation" is directly related to MSFT's marketing of .NET.

Bill Anderson