ASP lifetime

hi,

Any indications concerning when ASP support and tech is stopped from MS?

When is it e.g. not possible to compile/run code from a newer IIS version?

thx

Re: ASP lifetime

I have no clue, but it is still present in Windows Server 2008, which means
it is not going anywhere anytime soon. You have at least three or four years
until a post 2008 version of windows, following the normal development cycle
for windows OS. This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011. As ASP
is, for all practical purposes, a layer added on top of IIS, it only
consumes cycles when you are running classic ASP, so I do not see a reason
for MS to dump it, even if they no longer actively develop improvements to
it.

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"Rost" wrote in message
news:B187D64C-91B4-4571-939C-8D8B6E8ABB81@microsoft.com...
> hi,
>
> Any indications concerning when ASP support and tech is stopped from MS?
>
> When is it e.g. not possible to compile/run code from a newer IIS version?
>
> thx

Re: ASP lifetime

thanks a lot for answering.

> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011. As ASP
> is, for all practical purposes, a layer added on top of IIS, it only
> consumes cycles when you are running classic ASP, so I do not see a reason
> for MS to dump it, even if they no longer actively develop improvements to
> it.

So no burning platform for existing asp solutions on that front, I conclude.

/Rost

"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote:

> I have no clue, but it is still present in Windows Server 2008, which means
> it is not going anywhere anytime soon. You have at least three or four years
> until a post 2008 version of windows, following the normal development cycle
> for windows OS. This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011. As ASP
> is, for all practical purposes, a layer added on top of IIS, it only
> consumes cycles when you are running classic ASP, so I do not see a reason
> for MS to dump it, even if they no longer actively develop improvements to
> it.
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>
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> "Rost" wrote in message
> news:B187D64C-91B4-4571-939C-8D8B6E8ABB81@microsoft.com...
> > hi,
> >
> > Any indications concerning when ASP support and tech is stopped from MS?
> >
> > When is it e.g. not possible to compile/run code from a newer IIS version?
> >
> > thx
>
>
>

Re: ASP lifetime

Rost wrote:
> thanks a lot for answering.
>
>> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011. As ASP
>> is, for all practical purposes, a layer added on top of IIS, it only
>> consumes cycles when you are running classic ASP, so I do not see a
>> reason for MS to dump it, even if they no longer actively develop
>> improvements to it.
>
> So no burning platform for existing asp solutions on that front, I
> conclude.
>

Huh?

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Re: ASP lifetime

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
writing in news:emsBCUEXIHA.4880
@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011.

Or December 21, 2012 - The End of the World, according to the Mayans.

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Re: ASP lifetime

Will the world end on 2012?

Do you think MS will release some Windows atomic edition?

"Adrienne Boswell" escreveu na mensagem
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> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
> writing in news:emsBCUEXIHA.4880
> @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
>> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011.
>
> Or December 21, 2012 - The End of the World, according to the Mayans.
>
> --
> Adrienne Boswell at Home
> Arbpen Web Site Design Services
> http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share
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Re: ASP lifetime

"Rost" wrote in message
news:328491FD-79B6-4823-B440-4F74678D6F99@microsoft.com...
> thanks a lot for answering.
>
>> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011. As ASP
>> is, for all practical purposes, a layer added on top of IIS, it only
>> consumes cycles when you are running classic ASP, so I do not see a
>> reason
>> for MS to dump it, even if they no longer actively develop improvements
>> to
>> it.
>
> So no burning platform for existing asp solutions on that front, I
> conclude.


As long as they have Enterprise customers still using ASP, I doubt they will
create a situation where they will not upgrade that makes it impossible to
upgrade. If 99% of their big customers bail and go the .NET route, you might
see some forced obsolescence.

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Re: ASP lifetime

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Paulo Roberto"
writing in news:#T8QJbHXIHA.4532
@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> Will the world end on 2012?

Well, I'm ending things that have moveable dates to 2012, just in case.
An example is Easter, and I'm not about to do calculations to determine
Easter's date in ASP - in PHP it's just date("M-d-Y", easter_date
(YYYY)).

>
> Do you think MS will release some Windows atomic edition?

What? Are create a bomb? ;-)

>
> "Adrienne Boswell" escreveu na mensagem
> news:Xns9A2C850EB1A9arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
>> writing in news:emsBCUEXIHA.4880
>> @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> This will put the earliest retirement at around 2011.
>>
>> Or December 21, 2012 - The End of the World, according to the Mayans.
>>
>> --
>> Adrienne Boswell at Home
>> Arbpen Web Site Design Services
>> http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
>> Please respond to the group so others can share
>>
>
>
>



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