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Just confused as you appeared to understand this .NET business a while back and was wondering how you got off-course, as it were.
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I said it took two seconds to find that URL on Yahoo...never claimed to understand what .NET was :)

As far as I can tell .NET is inanimate...it's just branding crap....M$ trying to monopolize by making everyone think .NET is something it isn't and creating hype and rumours and ultimately publicity.