What exactly is the .net framework?

[BandNerd9260]

Just wondering, it seems really confusing to me.

[Agent_Embryo]

Google is your friend.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

"The .NET Framework version 1.1 redistributable package includes everything you need to run applications developed using the .NET Framework."

[vass0922]

bleh that really says nothing though

the .net framework gives you the ability to create an application that is (in theory) able to be cross platform capable, and very scaleable.

You can create web services allowing you to make calls to applications across the internet etc.

The mono project is a project to bring .NET to *nix platforms to really make it cross platform capable.

[Agent_Embryo]

Ok, sorry, my bad.