The History of NET
summary
Chronicle of how .NET actually forms: Microsoft stitches together a common runtime pushed by Brian Harry, a new C-like language from Anders Hejlsberg later standardized as ECMA 335/334, and web tooling driven by Scott Guthrie; .NET debuts at PDC 2000, framework and Visual Studio release candidates appear in 2001 while Windows 2000/XP and DOJ antitrust pressures reshape strategy. Miguel de Icaza produces Mono via a clean‑room implementation (first usable release ~2004). Some initiatives like .NET My Services fail, but the runtime‑plus-language model endures.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00🚀 Build Stuff Conference – Get Your Tickets!
- 0:18Introduction: Why the History of .NET Still Matters
- 1:05Microsoft’s Earliest Days and the Altair 8800
- 2:15From BASIC to Operating Systems: The IBM PC Era
- 3:20Visual Studio, Developer Tools, and Microsoft in the 90s
- 4:30Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and the DOJ Antitrust Era
- 5:45Why .NET Was Born From Multiple Problems at Once
- 6:35Brian Harry and the Push for a Common Runtime
- 7:25Anders Hejlsberg, Java, and the Birth of C#
- 8:25Scott Guthrie, the Web, and the Need for Better Development Tools
- 9:20The 2000 PDC: Announcing .NET to the World
- 10:25Windows 2000, XP, and the Shifting Microsoft Platform Strategy
- 11:15Miguel de Icaza, Mono, and Bringing .NET to Linux
- 12:10The 2001 PDC, .NET Release Candidates, and the Early Framework Vision
- 13:10Trustworthy Computing, Security, and the Next Microsoft Era
- 14:10Key Takeaways: How .NET Emerged Through Reinvention
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