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	Chapter 14 - What’s Next?
	Visual Basic Developers Guide to ASP and IIS
	A. Russell Jones

Copyright 1999 SYBEX Inc.

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	Chapter 14: What's Next?

	Overview

	You've covered a lot of material in this book, and I hope that it's given you ideas and techniques that help you create and deliver applications. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately, depending on your view), changes occur extremely rapidly in this business. While I was writing this book, Microsoft, among other things:

	•		Delivered Windows 2000, Beta 3—the first-ever occurrence of a pay-to-play beta program

	•		Released Internet Explorer 5, which may change the way you think about state management

	•		Released Visual Studio Service Pack 3, which broke many WebClass applications

	I love to play with new technology, but I've tried to keep this book aimed squarely at existing technology. Nevertheless, I wanted to mention several issues that might influence the way you develop applications in the future. This chapter is my forum for doing so. The information in this chapter is my opinion; some of it is sheer speculation—you might say it's an awareness chapter. You won't find VB WebClass techniques, tips, or projects here—you've completed all the "real" work earlier in the book—but I hope you'll find some food for thought.