17 July 2004

.NET Smart Client Architecture

I am currently in Atlanta for MGB (Microsoft Global Briefing).  It's our annual meeting where we ramp up on current and future products and strategies. 

As I learn more and more about Longhorn, I am becoming convinced that our .NET Smart Client architecture will be the essential, complementary technology for Web Services.  Right now, I believe it is the best user interface option for most business application development. We've come a long way with the browser, but it was never intended to be an application UI and it cannot compete with the usability of native UI technology.  In the Longhorn timeframe, I believe Web Service-enabled Smart Client applications will fundamentally change and improve the way information workers collaborate because they will be able to share processes as easily as they currently share data.  Take a look at the Carter Maslan Longhorn Preview videos and see if you agree. 

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# Ken said:
These videos are terrible and the audio is atrocious. Have the guy drink some water before he starts speaking and tell him to stop breathing into the microphone. Once the videos are redone let us know so we can watch them and be able to focus on the content. Ken.
17 July 04 at 1:41 PM
# Paul Laudeman said:
I *absolutely* agree! The potential of this technology for application delivery is only beginning to be realized. I think these Longhorn videos go a long way to showing potential uses of the technology that can truly deliver real business value. Even today in .NET 1.x you can do some truly amazing things, and I'm constantly telling my friends and colleagues that the return to the rich client-web enabled desktop is right around the corner, and now is the time to prepare *and* deliver!
17 July 04 at 4:25 PM
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