When we last looked, Microsoft was promising to overhaul distributed computing and e-business with .Net. But critics have been skeptical, in light of the company's pending legal problems. Now that the federal court of appeals has reversed its previous ruling, .Net may stand a chance. The trouble is, it hasn't been very clear what .Net is or what it's supposed to do. That's what we set out to discover: is .Net a Microsoft fantasy or a viable technology waiting to make IT history?
Demystifying .Net
With .Net, Microsoft wants to change the face of distributed computing. But before you jump on the bandwagon, find out what .Net is and whether your enterprise is ready.
Enterprise Q&A: Microsoft's Charles Fitzgerald on .Net
Microsoft's key spokesperson on the .Net initiative offers straight talk about Web services, the Java competition, and what enterprises should do to prepare for .Net
