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Microsoft Drops .NET Name For Next Windows Server
metamatic writes "C|net is reporting that Microsoft is dropping the name "Windows .NET Server" and going back to "Windows Server 200x" (where x is currently expected to be 3). Other products with .NET in the name are also being evaluated for renaming. Analysts are being quoted as saying that slapping .NET on so many Microsoft products has confused people as to what .NET actually means. Or could it be that customers know what it means, but nobody wants to buy it?"
Obiwan Kenobi points out a similar article at ENT News
What humorless wanker modded the parent as "Troll"? It's +1 Funny. Wish I had mod points...
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It sounds like you want Python. No, really. It covers everything you mentioned with style, and with this compiler extension it's fast too.
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From the article: Analysts are being quoted as saying that slapping .NET on so many Microsoft products has confused people as to what .NET actually means.
Your comment:
They are changing the name because people are getting confused about what .NET really is. It was a bad idea for Microsoft to try to add ".NET" to every single product they sell.
Where's +5 Insightfull coming from?
I said the same exact thing and if my mod points hadn't just run out 2 hours ago, I would get this message out of troll status.
... getting a bit monotonous now. It was funny for a while, but now its just tragic. Every single topic that comes up has one now. How long must this go on ?