The Next Step—Microsoft Business Framework (MBF)
Enter the Microsoft Business Framework, a project initiated in 2001 with the goal of developing common business functionality and making it available to developers. The platform will allow developers to focus on industry or process-specific functionality, freeing developers from having to reinvent the wheel on common functions such as order entry and contact management. Refer to Figure 21.2.
Figure 21.2. Microsoft's strategy standardizes common business functionality and allows developers to concentrate on industry functionality.
This strategy is in line with the .NET framework and concept of providing ...
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