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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Web and Microsoft : developers</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/developers/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: developers</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Poll:  What makes a good Web Hosting Company?</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/2008/08/15/poll-what-makes-a-good-web-hosting-company.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8869767</guid><dc:creator>klevereblog</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/comments/8869767.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8869767</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8869767</wfw:comment><description>&lt;P&gt;As the web involves and the landscape of services offered by web hosts change along with it, I have wondered what make a good web host.&amp;nbsp; It seems that today there is a proverbial chicken and egg scenario as relates to the hosting Industry&amp;nbsp; Developers and businesses have needs of a host but many times the host has to determine what those needs are.&amp;nbsp; How do host market to these audiences?&amp;nbsp; How do they determine what they need to offer?&amp;nbsp; How do developers and businesses alike decide what they want from a host?&amp;nbsp; What makes one host better than another?&amp;nbsp; Is it the services?&amp;nbsp; Is it the support?&amp;nbsp; As the industry evolves how are web hosts differentiating themselves?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8869767" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/hosting/default.aspx">hosting</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/developers/default.aspx">developers</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/Small+Business/default.aspx">Small Business</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/.Net/default.aspx">.Net</category></item><item><title>Free Software for Students Hosters Beware</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/2008/02/19/free-software-for-students-hosters-beware.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7808601</guid><dc:creator>klevereblog</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/comments/7808601.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/commentrss.aspx?PostID=7808601</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=7808601</wfw:comment><description>I'm am constantly saying that we Microsoft is not doing enough to drive demand for it's platforms.&amp;nbsp; This is a conversation that I often have with my customers.&amp;nbsp; Today we made a huge step in the right direction.&amp;nbsp; We announced the available of free development tools for students.&amp;nbsp; This includes Visual Studio, XNA, and the Expressions tools.&amp;nbsp; See the article &lt;a href="http://www.cio-today.com/news/Microsoft-Offers-Students-Free-Tools/story.xhtml?story_id=10300CG3O9OD" title="Link" mce_href="http://www.cio-today.com/news/Microsoft-Offers-Students-Free-Tools/story.xhtml?story_id=10300CG3O9OD"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7808601" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/developers/default.aspx">developers</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/archive/tags/visual+studio/default.aspx">visual studio</category></item></channel></rss>