Re: [H] dot-net question

[Rick Glazier]

Would it be too much of a stretch to say it was the "new" MS answer
to JRE (JavaVM) after they (effectively) got kicked out of that?
(Sorry if I got the  wrong idea somewhere...)

                                              Rick Glazier

From: G.Waleed Kavalec 
clipped: >.Net is all about the creation of a layer that holds the most common
functions and services needed by any application; the implication is that this
layer will over time/versions become part of the operating system in MS's case.