.NET Core is a version of .NET Framework (first versions were released in the summer of 2016) that denotes a major breakthrough in the Microsoft Development Technologies ecosystem, the greatest promise being its ability to execute cross-platform: Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Besides, .NET Core is modular, open source, and cloud-ready. It can be deployed along with the application itself, minimizing installation issues.
Although the number was consecutive to previous versions initially, Microsoft decided to restart the numbering, reinforcing the idea that this is a totally new concept with respect to classical versions, as a better way to avoid ambiguities. For those who were already aware of the initial versions, let's remember that ...
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