Bruce,

>>What do you mean by that ".Net having trouble"?
>
>Removing the .NET name from products...

Gee, Bruce. That's just marketing clarification going on and pulling back the reins on ".NET" being splashed on too many products, which caused confusion.

.NET -- the technology -- meaning .NET Framework, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Studio, etc -- is alive and thriving, not having trouble, as you say.