I wonder if it was to associate with the internet or with Microsoft branding. Microsoft went apeshit and called all their products .NET in the early 2000s. The

I wonder if it was to associate with the internet or with Microsoft branding. Microsoft went apeshit and called all their products .NET in the early 2000s. The branding was all over the place so I could see how calling your product *net might get you installs by association.