July 11, 2000 Microsoft Delivers First .NET Platform Developer Tools for Building Web Services PDC Attendees Receive Technology Preview of .NET Framework and Visual Studio.NET
July 11, 2000 Microsoft Delivers Roadmap and Software for .NET Enterprise Servers Details Industry’s First Comprehensive Family of XML-Enabled Servers
July 11, 2000 Microsoft Announces Groundswell of Support for .NET Platform Dozens of ISVs, Tools Vendors, Systems Integrators and Publishers Announce Support For .NET and Exhibit On-Site at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference
July 11, 2000 Microsoft Publishes Key Specifications for Web Services Adds to SOAP Technologies With SOAP Contract Language and Discovery Specifications
June 29, 2000 Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer Outlines Role for Smart Cards In Microsoft .NET Generation Software General Services Administration Looks to Smart Card Industry Partners To Supply Products and Services for Broad Smart Card Deployment
June 26, 2000 Microsoft Introduces Highly Productive .NET Programming Language: C# New Language Enables Rapid Development of Web Services For the Microsoft .NET Platform
