Preface
Developing large distributed software systems is a complex and interesting challenge. A number of architectures have emerged to simplify this task and to relieve developers of the burden of dealing with the many interoperability issues associated with creating such systems. This book focuses on one of those architectures, Microsoft's .NET Framework.
An often-asked question is, “So what is new in the .NET Framework?” On one level, the answer is simple: “Not much.” To put this answer into context, however, the same may be said of most recent software advancements. For example, C++ represented a significant step forward—but it was actually an amalgamation taking advantage of the object-oriented concepts of Simula 67 and the efficiency of C. ...
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