Microsoft introduces its Web platform 2.0
Last fall, Microsoft rolled out version 1 of its installer for its Web-platform stack of software. At Mix ‘09 last week, the company refreshed the installer in the form of a new beta for Web Platform Installer 2.0 and a new gallery of third-party Web apps.
With the introduction of the “Microsoft Web platform,” company officials were hoping to make it clearer and easier as to exactly what kinds of products and technologies might be useful to Web developers. The first iteration of that platform was aimed at Microsoft developers; the updated version, which Microsoft previewed at the Mix conference, is attempting to be more inclusive and appeal to Web developers in general.
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