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Originally posted by notjoe
isnt the entire point of the .NET concept to make it easier for surfers to signup/become members of other .NET Applications/sites?
To make it easier to build websites which support the frame work for it.
Im probably wrong as i dont touch any windows crap except for a Workstation but that but then could you explain why i can use my Hotmail .NET account to log into about 1000+ other websites which claim to support the .NET framework?
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Yes and No. It's widely (or at least I thought) known that the .Net name was a total clusterfuck. Lots of different parts of MS used it for different things. .NET was an initiative to do something like MSN Passport, but I think that it's been scrapped. .NET is also the name of their new architecture, just like COM and COM+. .NET ALSO has something to do with application service providers, which I think has also been tabled for now. So, right now, generally when you hear .NET, it's pretty much just referring to a new, language-independent COM+ platform.