Microsoft did make quite a bit of noise when they came up with .Net. The idea was simple enough, to have everything you wanted anytime, anyplace on anything. They created the .Net framework for rapid application development, even with a new programming language, C#.

The thing that would’ve changed was for Hotmail users, when suddenly their Hotmail address was their “.Net Passport.” There were many services cropping up like this over the web, it was designed to be a single sign-in to any service that wanted to use it. However, a couple of years back, Microsoft dropped the .Net for external websites. But it still powered along on MSN websites.

However, now the .Net Passport is no more. Your .Net Passport, Hotmail Account, or whatever you sign into MSN sites with, is now your “Windows Live ID.” Boy, crap name. Would’ve preferred a “Live Passport” but anyway.

Does this mean change, again, for the likes of .Net? Will the .Net framework change along with it, or will .Net merely be a name for a set of programming services? Is Microsoft going to dump .Net and just call everything Live?

Oh well, nothing much to miss really. Windows will have it’s Windows Live ID, and if Google ever releases an OS you’ll probably see lots of Google Account login boxes in that.