True. Microsoft originally envisioned "ActiveDirectory" (in 1994, before it got that name) to replace DNS. http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/tim

True. Microsoft originally envisioned "ActiveDirectory" (in 1994, before it got that name) to replace DNS. http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/timeline/docs/di_killerapp_InternetMemo.rtf http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/t... The original plans for dotNet were "applications as a service" in 1999 and what is known as their "Azure" cloud service platform is heading the same direction (like the plans about AD in 1994) too.