What is .NET?

CyberBry writes "There's a great technical overview of Microsoft .NET over at arstechnica: "In a remarkable feat of journalistic sleight-of-hand, thousands of column inches in many "reputable" on-line publications have talked at length about .NET whilst remaining largely ignorant of its nature, purpose, and implementation. Ask what .NET is, and you'll receive a wide range of answers, few of them accurate, all of them conflicting. Confusion amongst the press is rampant. The more common claims made of .NET are that it's a Java rip-off, or that it's subscription software. The truth is somewhat different.""

Comments

What .NET means to me...

[powerlinekid]

.Net is a package of sorts. In it your have your c# which is a rip off of java (just look at the syntax... yeah yeah i know runtime is different). Nothing new, just this time its legal. You have your compilers and runtimes for c# and api, just a new way of distributing microsoft software for more money. You have your passport thingy which is supposed to be this great big identification thing that works with all things microsoft... well thats just so you buy more microsoft stuff which equals more money for microsoft. Pretty much, .Net is a repackaging of old microsoft ideas but with a slicker name, and interface and on top of that its kind of legal this time. Nothing new, nothing to see here.

Re:-1 Flamebait

[sydb]

Don't worry, myself and others have made your point too. There are lots of stupid people around with mod points.

Re:Finally? Java has been out for about 5 years

[Malcontent]

So let me get this straight. .NET is better then Java because MS makes it.

In fact MS products are better then anything else because MS makes them. If anybody else makes any other product it will automatically be inferior because "biggest OS vendor" is not pushing them.

I always thought VB programmers were idiots now I know.