Before the official announcement of .NET, the term NGWS was used for Microsoft's plans for producing an "internet-based platform of Next Generation Windows Services". The Microsoft. NET strategy was presented by Microsoft officials to the rest of the world in June 2000: * .NET is Microsoft's new Internet and Web strategy * .NET is NOT a new operating system * .NET is a new Internet and Web based infrastructure * .NET delivers software as Web Services * .NET is a framework for universal services * .NET is a server centric computing model * .NET will run in any browser on any platform * .NET is based on the newest Web standa
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According to wikipedia, it was released on 13 February 2002.