Web development in Diamondback is being improved to enable developers to deliver video or audio onto a Web page.
The more scalable ECO II Model Powered Framework is featured in Diamondback. ECO, which stands for Enterprise Core Objects, provides a model-driven architecture for .Net, in which applications are diagrammed and objects are created automatically.
"The benefit is that we can build applications with ECO much faster and they're very highly maintainable with far less code," Swindell said. ECO in Diamondback features a multi-tier architecture and provides application server-like functionality for .Net.
Earlier in the day at BorCon, Microsoft's Rick LaPlante, general manager of the Visual Studio Team System, touted May 2004 research figures that he said show Microsoft's .Net is becoming the primary development platform in 56 percent of shops, as opposed to 44 percent for the rival Java J2EE platform. A Sun Microsystems representative contacted afterward countered with research that says Java will continue to lead over .Net in IT shops.
LaPlante also echoed Borland concerns that software projects are going awry because of differing perspectives in organizations. Developers can find themselves working on projects they believe are doomed while management thinks the projects are going great, he said.
Changing of features is a particular problem, with developers needing "bake time" for features, LaPlante said. "That's pretty hard to do when features are constantly changing," LaPlante said.
He also touted the Microsoft application platform, which features Office and Windows on the client, BizTalk Server for business process management, SQL Server for data storage, System Center for management and security, and Windows Server as the core platform. Delphi users will be able to leverage the planned SQL Server 2005 database release, which features SOAP-based access to data, he said.
Additionally, users of the Borland CalibreRM requirements management platform will be able to use it in conjunction with Microsoft's planned Team Foundation server component, which is set to provide source code control, item tracking, and project management in the Visual Studio Team System package.
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