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Microsoft targets mobile developers with tools and devices.


MOBILE DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO BUILD WEB SERVICES-ENABLED applications have new Microsoft technology. The .NET Compact Framework is included with Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET.  (VS.NET) 2003.

"Just as Visual Basic sparked a wave of innovation in business applications and made the PC an essential business tool, Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the .NET Compact Framework will unlock the potential of Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term.  and rich data on smart devices," says Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. . He adds that this will help make mobile devices key productivity tools, similar to the PC.

As part of the framework launch, Microsoft is providing 25,000 Visual Studio customers with Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them.  from ViewSonic. The promotion is designed to be an incentive for programmers to get started with mobile development the Microsoft way.
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Title Annotation:News: trends standards products
Publication:Mobile Business Advisor
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2003
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