Before you want to off-shore your programming to supposedly save money, you might want to read this all too common plea for help a friend received via e-mail… the names have been changed to protect the desperate:

 

Hello,

 

My company has a need for an experienced VB.NET programmer. The position is flexible. It can be employment or on contract.

 

To give you a brief background, we contracted with a company overseas in Pakistan to develop a medical practice management application (billing, scheduling...etc). The application is about 80% finished and we are planning on bring it in house for testing and further enhancements. Communication with overseas has been challenging. We prefer to take it over at this point.

 

We have not advertised for the position yet. I want to thank you in advance for any assistance or guidance you can provide.

On 2/6/03, Microsoft applied for a patent for .NET that would cover application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow actions related to accessing the network, handling Extensible Markup Language (XML), and managing data from multiple sources. APIs are the hooks in software that allow applications to work with another system. To see the actual patent, click here.

After developing their new Web Vendor Terminal System (Web VTS) with J2EE for six weeks, 7-Eleven replaces it with the .NET Framework. 7-Eleven has realized several advantages as a result of the move, including much quicker start-up time for new vendors, ability to engage with much smaller vendors, faster development cycles, improved performance and lower system operation cost. Built with Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET and the .NET Framework, the Web VTS was brought to market in just three months. To read the complete story, click here.

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