A document seen by the INQUIRER shows that HP-Compaq appears to have bought into Microsoft"s .NET wholesale. We were going to say hook, line and sinker but Microsoft wants to trawl, not to catch individual fish with its cunning plan.
Mind you, there"s a lot of confusion about just what .NET is, and judging from some of the slides in the very lengthy presentation we saw, HP is not entirely sure about just what some of these components might be.
The .NET compact Framework will support PDAs, "enhanced" TV, and will be compatible with the desktop platform, across different CPU types, WINCE and real time operating systems.
HP appears to think .NET is such a good idea as it maps closely to its own desktop, server and other devices it makes.