Microsoft has hit back at accusations that the company's .net strategy is not fit for survival in the corporate world stating that the report released by Forresters Research was unfounded.
Forresters Research released a report claiming that Microsoft's .net strategy had too many flaws in it to be of benefit to businesses moving into the eBusiness market.
The report was based on research gained whilst attending a conference in Europe - Euro Comdex - where Microsoft was presenting its .net strategy.
"Forrester did not request any information from Microsoft when preparing this report. The author admits that his only "research" was attending European Comdex," Microsoft Director, E-business and Developers Peter Moore said.
Furthermore, Moore said there are other research companies which have analysed the .net platform, portraying the scheme in a more positive light.
"We believe the author has limited knowledge of our overall strategy, they haven't had direct contact with Microsoft, the research is based solely on his attendance at Comdex," Moore told ZDNet.
According to the report, Microsoft's .net strategy has too many partners, which will create market confusion.
However Moore believes this is to the companies advantage.
"If we had a chance to talk to the researcher, the whole .net strategy is based on us working with partners to meet the need of reliability and scalability," Moore said.
"I believe our success has been a result of our partnerships. Customers get a lot of choice as a result of that."
Microsoft also refutes the claim that the new Oracle 9i database is a threat to .net, adding that the report also notes that Microsoft software combined with PC technology already outperforms Oracles 8i at a fraction of the cost.
Other research companies which have assessed the Microsoft's .Net strategy are META Group and Seybold.
