But .Net goes back way farther than 15 years.

I attended one of the evangelist roadshows Microsoft put on when they announced .Net, back in the late '90s. We were developing Windows applications and using an SQL Server/ASP back-end.

We walked out of there saying WTF WAS all that? It was terribly communicated. The departing attendees were shaking their heads in bafflement.

I'm impressed that it has stood the test of time and seems to be well-done; I've never had occasion to use it.

But man... that stupid name.