Net are meant to make Microsoft a provider of programming tools for big companies and complicated Internet projects. Products using Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java language dominate the market. The new tools, called Visual Studio. Net Enterprise Developer and Visual Studio. The sales might drive server software sales of about five times that much.
Net lets developers create Web services without writing all of the programming code from scratch.
Older versions of Microsoft's tools haven't been popular for big corporate Web projects, Murphy said. Customers have viewed Microsoft as a maker of software for writing desktop PC programs, Murphy said. The new products are may help make large companies take notice of Microsoft's tools. Free Loan apps.