Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
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Microsoft later this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Around the middle of the year, the company will introduce a test version of a new tool, code-named Whitehorse, that it says can help programmers design and create more reliable Windows applications in a shorter amount of time than with current tools, Prashant Sridharan, lead product manager in Microsoft's developer division.