Atlas Release By the End of the Year

There's an interesting blog post by Alain, a member of the ASP.NET Atlas team. The highlights:

  • Atlas is due to release before the end of the calendar year
  • It'll be part of .NET Framework 3.5 (codename "Orcas")
  • The technology will support IE, Safari, and Firefox

Of course plans and timetables change, but it's good to know what's coming along and when.

 [Corrections: Alain is NOT a member of the Atlas team. He reported he was talking to the team. Also, the linked blog posting was subsequently pulled but you may still find a copy in Google's cache.]

2 Comments

  • There is no member of the Atlas team named Alain.

  • You're right, my mistake. He's a Microsoft employee who said he was *talking* to some Atlas team members. Alain Leroy lists his occupation as Strategy Advisor - Platform Architecture with the location as Brussels.

    http://blogs.msdn.com/user/Profile.aspx?UserID=3893

    The referenced blog posting has since disappeared. The one thing you must not do at Microsoft is reveal a release date before its time!

    However, Google has cached the original post. A search for "alain some news about atlas" turned up the contents:

    Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:25 AM
    Some news about Atlas
    Today, I had the pleasure to talk to some Atlas team members and we had quite an interesting discussion about the evolution of Atlas.
    First and foremost, did you know that the Atlas page on the web, had 1 million hits in 3 days after it's been announced at the PDC... One MILLION HITS in 3 DAYS! It means that it's getting quite some traction from all our customers. That's obviously very good.
    Now, those customers want to receive support for their altas-based applications but simply due to the way it is and its development approach, Microsoft does not deliver support ... or should I say DID NOT deliver support.
    Actually, Atlas will come in 3 different maturity level to offer a very dynamic and demand-centric approach whilst enabling the support of customers who are willing to go in production with this technology.
    • Level 1 - CTP: CTP is a stage that one could qualify "the bleeding edge". This is the latest and the greatest but it might suffer from some instability. For some partners or some customers who always want to be at the forefront of the technology, the CTPs are its best bet.
    • Level 2 - Feature Pack: FP is a stage where the Altas features have been completely reviewed and thoroughly tested. Some features potentially can be different from the CTP as it's sometimes necessary to remove some features to enhance application stability and security.
    • Level 3 - The .NET Frameword: Yes, it's true, Atlas is foreseen to take place in the .NET Framework 3.5 (codename "Orcas"). That way, it'll go mainstream and will allow the vast majority of our users will get it and, on top of that, it'll have to go through the immense sent of test prior to being releasing. That way, the customer will have a way to exchange information adequatly.
    Altlas is due to release before the end of the calendar year ...future will tell!
    One precision: Atlas being Ajax technology + a number of tools, it's important to understand that the different javascript libraries that are being made use of in Altas simply are cross platform scripts. So, one could imagine building a PHP application that makes use of the Atlas Javasvript libraries.
    Altas will also support IE, Safari and Firefox as browsers.
    Enjoy the reading and... stay tuned for another feedback.

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