Yes, and there are some very interesting, ==FREE== development tools available to work with asp.net 2.0 and other MS technologies. See http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/ for availability of SQL Server 2005 Express, Visual Basic 2005 Express, Visual Web Developer Express, etc. The later provides a remarkably capable, streamlined way to create and maintain fully-featured data-driven asp.net 2.0 sites full of bells and whistles. The only drawback I can see is the (relative) paucity of providers currently supporting this level of asp.net. I would imagine that, in time, that will change.
Cheers, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl D Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:41 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Is Netscape 4.x dead? > Only one quibble with Andrew's comments. > > ASP.NET is a web standard and available for platforms other than MS. > Microsoft teamed with Berkley to create a FreeBSD/Mac version available for > free download > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx > scroll down and you'll find the 3 share source items available for > FreeBSD/Mac) and there is a Linux Open Source version 1.0 available right > now at www.go-mono.org > > > Cheryl D. Wise > Certified Professional Web Developer > MS-MVP-FrontPage > www.wiserways.com > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 713.353.0139 Office > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trusz, Andrew > > Look at the proprietary implementation of xml, the invention of asp, the MS > dependence of .Net, and then speculate on the chances that IE Longhorn will > be standards compliant. MS isn't going to seriously adopt standards unless > and until there is a critical mass of standards compliant browser usage such > that IE users start to realize that while they are getting the same > information as other people it looks boring and plain by comparison. > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.