Meaning of dot in dot net

[Sharp ArunKumar]

Dear members,
I have a funny question
What is the exact meaning of dot in dot net?
TIA

[Peter Smith]

It means .

[Brandon Betances]

Sounds better? Effective marketing? Microsoft.NET sounds alot better than MicrosoftNET, NET, or MicroNET. Marketing if half the game you know.

[har...@gmail.com]

Inspired by dotCom ? Or maybe slashdot?

Regards,
Hardono Arifanto
http://sodeve.net

[Peter Smith]

On Dec 19, 9:34 am, Sharp ArunKumar <carunkumar1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the exact meaning of dot in dot net?

The first Press Release on the subject can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2000/jun00/forumumbrellapr.mspx

It doesn't really shed any light on the subject directly, except to elucidate my first answer.

The "exact meaning of dot in dot net' is simply . ; it is how you pronounce Microsoft .NET

Being all in caps, you'd expect it to be an acronym or something similar, but I can find no references that aren't post-contrived. The Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0, which is where it all started off, was known as COM+ 2.0 and COM Object Runtime (COR) during development. My best guess is that the wags said "What do we replace COM with?" and the answer was "NET, cause ORG just won't work for us..."

But I would be pleased if someone could trump my search-Fu.
 

[Brandon Betances]

already did. Effective marketing.

[Cerebrus]

I like that idea !!

[santhosh vs]

.NET without . will say 'Microsoft NET' and the fishing guys will think that this is a new type of NET in the market ;) So it is better saying '.NET' and ask "Meaning of .NET in MS .NET" and is is clear with the advanced web dev features included in the VS release with a new framework background. From the Web Services , it is progressing with new MS technologies

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