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Re:Why was .NET called .NET? by rmason on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:35AM (#3934440)
Can't help you on why it's called .Net but it came very close to being called Microsoft ColdFusion

http://www.sargeway.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=6D...

Re:Why was .NET called .NET? by daeken on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:46AM (#3934465)
While interesting, you're conflating .NET with ASP. One is a broad stack for application dev, another is an unrelated technology for web dev.