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Microsoft has a time-honored reputation for creating innovative technologies and wrapping them in buzzwords that confuse everyone. The .NET Framework is the latest example—it’s been described as a feeble Java clone, a meaningless marketing term, and an attempt to take over the Internet with proprietary technology. But none of these descriptions is truly accurate.
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(2007). The .NET Framework. In: Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0430-5_1
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