>A .NET application does not have to be deployed on a Web server. A .NET application can be deployed to the desktop without any web server involved at all. Now, if you have an ASP .NET applicaiton, it can be deployed to a Win2K server. FYI, MS has dropped the ".NET server" marketing/naming stuff because it was too confusing.

I was making reference to a .NET Web application.

So, is the actual main Web server infrastructure at Microsoft still Windows 2000 Server? Based on what you wrote, does it mean that the announced .NET server will not be released?