>You know, of course, that the first use of the term .NOTter was promoted by MSFT...
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>I'll be honest, I was not aware of that.
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>Like Craig said, I'm curious to see something to support that. I follow many .NET newsgroups, forums, etc., and I don't recall seeing the term outside of the UT.
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>Regardless of where it originated, I think a handful of individuals on the UT go out of their way to throw out the term right and left. I can point to a few posts that read like a kid who is celebrating the permission to use profanity for the first time. It's usually from those who don't have much practical experience in .NET, so the motives and negative biases are rather obvious.

...just like Microsoft's original usage of the term. So Microsoft marketing really works!

Bill