Wondering about .NET? This online article at OSNews by Eugenia Loli-Queru provides an easy-to-understand introduction to .NET and asks (and answers) the question: “Should we embrace it or fear it?” Loli-Queru writes . . .

“So, what is .NET? .NET is the collective name for a whole bunch of things that Microsoft has been preparing the last few years. .NET is a software platform (I will get back to that later), it is an authentication system (it is now called .NET MyServices, Hailstorm/Passport are names used in the past), and it is also a standardized method by which applications can 'talk' to each other via XML, regardless of the platform on which they run.”

“To recap the three points mentioned above in the simplest way possible: .NET is a new way of working things out when using your computer (both as a developer and user). 'Do we need a new way?' I hear the skeptics ask. Microsoft, IBM and Sun agree for a change: Yes. I believe the same. I will come back to that later though. For now, I would like to explain .NET a bit more in depth (but still in simple words) . . .”

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