A brief note on .NET Core
Microsoft's announcement of open sourcing .NET in 2014 almost stirred a storm. Many rushed to the stands (so to speak) to read about the unbelievable—how could Microsoft possibly open source the core of their operating system? Some were cynical, while others rejoiced. Then came the announcement—a little louder and clearer—that .NET Core was open source, not the .NET Framework. Many said that .NET Core was a subset of .NET Framework.
.NET was first announced in 2000, as a new platform based on internet standards. Along with it, by the end of the year, Microsoft published the Common Language Infrastructure as a standard, so that anyone who wanted could write their own .NET framework based on those standards. .NET Framework ...
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