dotnet is 20 years old
My real name is Simon Foster but my on-line persona is Funky Si a nickname I was given during my university days which has somehow stuck. I am a Developer working in the North of England. I have been working in IT departments since 2006 and have a wide range of experiences. More recently in the Software Development space but also SysAdmin, Server Infrastructure, Databases and DevOps.
Today Microsoft celebrated 20 years since the first version of dotnet was released with a special live stream event.
A lot has happened in the 20 years of dotnet (or .Net). It is my understanding that .Net was created to rival Java. When the .Net Framework was first created it was a windows only thing, but today modern .Net is a modern run anywhere platform, with .net applications running everywhere from PCs and Laptops, Raspberry Pi’s, Mobile phones and tablets (via Xamarin Forms), to Websites and Microservice APIs running on every Cloud platform out there.
If you want to celebrate this achievment tweet with the hashtag #DotNetLovesMe or download some of the digital swag available from github
On Thursday the 17th Feb the first preview of dotnet 7.0 is going to be released, with the latest version 6.0 only being released last November.
The above graphic comes from the following tweet.
This is 20 years of #dotnet releases. #dotNETLovesMe pic.twitter.com/Zxfe1SdWTq
— Khalid 🎟 (@buhakmeh) February 14, 2022
What do you like about dotnet? When did you first start using it? What are you going to build with it next?
