"Microsoft .NET, Microsoft's XML-based Web services platform, comprises four major pillars: 1) the .NET Framework and the Visual Studio® .NET suite of developer tools; 2) the .NET Enterprise Servers, which provide a robust infrastructure for Web services; 3) .NET devices and experiences; and 4) .NET services."
> "HailStorm" -based solutions allow users to manage and protect their personal information, as opposed to today's world in which it is scattered across the technology landscape, with no ability to control the privacy of their information.
If anything, things are worse now than they were back then.
From a 2001 press release announcing "Hailstorm".
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2001/Mar01/03-19Ha...