NEW ORLEANS-Bill Gates made several announcements about Microsoft’s .NET Compact Framework at this week’s Mobility Developer Conference.
Gates said the framework will allow smart devices to access Web services and rich data and will allow the creation of applications across the range of Windows platforms using Visual Studio .NET 2003, a single unified tool set. He also said the .NET Compact Framework and the Visual Studio .NET 2003 will include support for XML, rich device emulator support, visual dragon drop forms designer and simplified application deployment.
In addition, Microsoft is promoting the Viewsonic V37 device as a platform by offering it free to developers who sign up for Visual Studio.NET 2003.
