Microsoft DNA?!

Mark Baker (markb@iosphere.net)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:29:56 -0400 (EDT)


Adam asked that I FoRK this for opinions.

I previosly wrote;
> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, I Find Karma wrote:
> > This is the first I've heard of Microsoft DNA. Anyone know if this is
> > just a vaporware thingy, or if this is something Microsoft really plans
> > to pursue?
>
> All I know about it, I read at
>
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/news/1997/09/0923microsoft.html
>
> It looks like they're covering all bases by not just emphasing the Active
> Platform, but also the familiar HTML (in the form of Dynamic HTML (DOM)).
> Basically, give as many non-Java options as they can to developers.
>
> No biggie, but it's fun to see them squirm. Is this the best they can do?

I've been reading a bit more about it at;

http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/dna/default.asp
(though it took a while for me to get past the "Server Busy" message - heh).

There's a white paper there, but it doesn't say a whole lot - except for
the following snippet that might help explain it;

> Microsoft will deliver the Windows DNA architecture over the next three
> to five years in three phases

Uh huh.

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