Re:Why was .NET called .NET?
by grandpoobah on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:13AM
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They were going to call it WinFX if I recall correctly
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Re:Why was .NET called .NET?
by damian2000 on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:26AM
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Yeah I remember WinFX as well, but I think that was around 2005 - it was the codename for the set of .NET 3.0 technologies later known as WPF, WCF and WF ... there's something here about it - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ianm/archive/2006/04/19/578851.aspx