The Register: Microsoft Switches On To LAMP

"Microsoft is positioning planned 'express' editions of its next developer tools suite and database as 'lightweight' alternatives to the open source LAMP stack.

"Martin Taylor, Microsoft's platform strategy general manager, told The Register SQL Server 2005 Express would allow tables and files to be stored on a web page to increase a site's functionality while simplified programming would be provided in Visual Studio 2005..."

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