I was given this email from my boss and I thought I'd post it here to get the general reaction/answers of the ASP community rather than rely strictly on my own point of view<BR><BR><BR><BR>Imagine that you are a businessman that knows nothing about .net, and one day you wake up with a strange compulsion to learn more about .net. Some of the questions that pop into your mind are: <BR><BR>Who is using .net?<BR>Why are they using .net?<BR>What is involved with running .net?<BR>Which tools/software are necessary in developing in .net?<BR>What's the difference between ASP and .net?<BR>What does .net offer that ASP doesn't?<BR>Why should I use .net?<BR>Why shouldn't I use .net?<BR><BR>>> Who is using .net?<BR><BR>More and more developers. In 3-5 years almost everyone will have moved to .Net<BR><BR>>> Why are they using .net?<BR><BR>Because it's a whole lot better than classic ASP. There are a lot of site who have articles on this. i.e. at: www.eggheadcafe.com<BR><BR>>> What is involved with running .net?<BR>The .Net framework needs to be installed on the computer. If you're coding for the web (ASP.Net) there server needs the framework, but the client needs nothing other than a webbrowser.<BR><BR>>>Which tools/software are necessary in developing in .net?<BR>MS has two different tools "Visual Studio .Net" the premier, and really good tool, but expensive<BR>But they have recently launched a free tool, Matrix. You can download it from their website.<BR><BR>>>What's the difference between ASP and .net?<BR>>>What does .net offer that ASP doesn't?<BR>>>Why should I use .net?<BR>>>Why shouldn't I use .net?<BR><BR>All these questions are much better answered in a lot of articles found everywhere.<BR><BR>www.asp.net<BR>www.gotdotnet.com<BR>www.aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com<BR>www.dotnetjunkie.com<BR><BR>etc.et.<BR><BR><BR>
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