This whole .net stuff is actually fairly simple. People could easily grasp something like: .Net framework (the same thing that MS always had) A new named cros

This whole .net stuff is actually fairly simple. People could easily grasp something like: .Net framework (the same thing that MS always had) A new named cross platform framework. Not just another .Net derivative. And a new name for the standard. Something like the Common .Net API. That would have pretty much eliminated all confusion. Instead they went with .Net Framework .Net Core .Net standard .Net {version_num}