The Future According to ASP+

cornerstone of Microsoft's .Net framework. Sun may find a lesson in

this. Extra caution and care, however, is warranted when upgrading

to ASP+ as it is being integrated with so many other products and

the overall size of the .Net framework is so large. I usually wait

for the first service pack of any product before assuming it is safe

to use in a production environment. So, even if ASP+ is released in

the first quarter of 2001, for planning purposes, I am not expecting

ASP+ to be ready for my production environment until second quarter

of 2001. Of course, since ASP+ has generated so much excitement, many

shops will switch over to ASP+ as soon as it becomes available. In fact

I have already come across ASP web sites using the beta release ASP+!

For example, the link to the ASP+ site I reference below is written in

ASP+, you can tell by the .aspx extension. All this suggests to me

that Microsoft will release the first service pack for ASP+ in record time.

The next year will be a very interesting time to watch the marketplace,

how Sun and Microsoft react to the current situation and what choices

programmers will make.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

First Look at VS.net (DevX 9/2000)

FAQ on ASP+ (ASPFree.com)

Another View on .Net (Jim Farley 8/2000) (A very good analysis of .Net)