Ms application architecture

MICROSOFT A P P L I C AT I O N ARCH ITECTU R E GUIDE
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Contents
Forewords and Preface
Foreword by S. Somasegar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Foreword by Scott Guthrie . .