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But M(icrosoft)DN was MSDN.
by doubled112 3y ago
But M(icrosoft)DN was MSDN.
- tentacleuno 3y agoObligatory Wikipedia article[0]. For the curious, MSDN is now called Microsoft Docs. To the surprise of many, much of the documentation on the site is also open-source[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network [1]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs
- jonathanlydall 3y agoYour information is a little out of date, Microsoft Docs became part of Microsoft Learn, so MSDN is actually now Microsoft Learn, or part of it at least.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoWhat's the surprise about documentation being open source? The overwhelming majority of the source is going to consist of the text of the documentation, which is open anyway.
- chrisfinazzo 3y agoThis is the point in the discussion where I'll point out that .NET started out as ".NET Passport", e.g, what people now think of as a Microsoft Account. See also Apple, who, after a relatively brief dalliance with the name iTools, rebranded its online service as ".mac". Sigh... I miss early Internet names like these, although I suppose the fact that the original dot com era didn't last and a bunch of early startups got wiped out - Pets.com, anyone? - gave it a stench that marketers were all too willing to run away from at the first possible opportunity.
- lupire 3y ago.NET was terrible. .net already meant something else.