IBM has joined Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net development programme. DB2 developers already use Visual Studio - Microsoft's application for software developers - to create other Windows-based applications.
Microsoft is delaying the release of its forthcoming SQL Server database and Visual Studio.Net development tool in a move that could deprive customers of upgrades they were expecting. The company said on Wednesday that it has decided to push out to...
Microsoft is also scheduled to release the second beta to its web development tool kit, called ASP.NET Ajax and code-named Atlas. The Atlas Ajax tool is designed to speed up development of web applications that run in a browser or on a server, he...
The strategy, which Microsoft detailed at last year's Mix conference, hinges on creating tools that let traditional Microsoft developers write Silverlight web applications with familiar products like Visual Studio and ASP.Net.
Microsoft on Thursday offered a glimpse of the new features it's planning to include in future versions of its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle. Visual Studio.Net, originally released in February, serves as Microsoft's chief weapon in the...
With "Rave", Sun is trying to match the speed with which programmers can use Microsoft tools such as Visual Studio.Net to create comparatively simple programs for servers, said Rich Green, Sun's vice president of developer platforms.