• Microsoft are putting a lot of work into the .NET Framework: it is going to be important.
• If you have not switched to Java, you may want to consider C# or VB.NET instead: both languages are OO languages as sophisticated as Java.
• Java progammers will find it very easy to use C# as the languages Java and C# are similar.
• Although there are many similarities between C++ and C#, C++ programmers have a slightly harder task as several things available in C++ are handled differently in C#.
• Compared with ASP, ASP.NET pages can be executed faster and can be more sophisticated.
• Web Services rival the facilities offered by CORBA and Java's RMI.