Microsoft Previews Key Platform Technology

LOS ANGELES—While Microsoft delivered a peek at some of its key upcoming technologies at its Professional Developers Conference, including Windows Vista and Office 12, the software giant also showed some new platform technologies aimed at enriching the overall Microsoft platform.

During a keynote address at the Microsoft PDC here, Jim Allchin, group vice president of platforms at Microsoft Corp., introduced some new technologies, including WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), formerly known as “Avalon,” and WPF/E (Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere.)

He also introduced, among others, the LINQ (Language Integrated Query) Project and an update to the company’s Atlas Web client framework for building AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications.

WPF/E is a lightweight run-time for the Windows Presentation Foundation, Allchin said.

“This is very early work,” he said. The technology delivers an “interactive experience on devices and PCs.”

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In an interview with eWEEK, Allchin said he pushed for the development of the lightweight run-time because he wanted to see the benefits of Avalon on cell phones and other devices. The programming model uses Microsoft’s XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) and JavaScript, he said.

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