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How long will the .NET moniker survive?

Did you notice that the .NET name is slowly fading away? The new names have nothing to do with it but are attached to Windows instead: WinFX, WinFS, Windows Communication Foundation (Indigo), Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon), Windows Workflow Foundation (Winoe), etc.
Ok, this is marketing, but say bye bye to .NET everywhere and hello to Windows everywhere instead. This also means: forget about platform independance...

BTW, now we have WCF, WPF, WWF... How long before we get WTF? Windows Transaction Framework maybe? or just What The F..
Posted: Sep 16 2005, 11:16 AM by Fabrice Marguerie | with 7 comment(s)
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Stefano Demiliani said:

I hope not to see a "Windows" prefix also on the Framework... .NET sounds so good! :)
# September 16, 2005 8:15 AM

Fabrice said:

.NET has never been a good name, and it is not search-friendly, but Windows holds other connotations that may not be brighter.
# September 16, 2005 8:35 AM

Stefano Demiliani said:

Yes, I agree that it's not search friendly, but it's so lovely in my opinion... :)
# September 16, 2005 9:20 AM

Bryan said:

It was a dumb and confusing name to begin with. Good riddance.
# September 16, 2005 12:44 PM

Scott Mitchell said:

I have a feeling the name ASP.NET will be around for a while, no?
# September 17, 2005 12:24 AM

Fabrice said:

That's what I was thinking about :-)
I don't think we'll see WinASP, but who knows... The whole ASP technology may be merged into something else one day.
# September 17, 2005 5:57 AM

Manivannan said:

But what about ,
"This also means: forget about platform independance..." ???

Is this the Final Plan of MS?

# October 1, 2005 8:49 AM
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