Atlas / Ajax

I have to say that I'm totally psyched about the near future of ASP.Net development after attending a training last night.

Microsoft's framework for beefing up the user experience in .Net Web applications last night will really bring down the barrier to entry for companies to start exploiting the same tricks that have made Google the darlings of the internet community.

Of course, Google will undoubtedly keep pushing the envelope. But this framework will bring Google's type of web-apps to the mainstream business software development world.