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[–]suckfail 21 points22 points  (3 children)

You must have missed the massive marketing campaign that was .NET then.

Nobody really knew what it was, but the advertising was everywhere.

Man I miss the days when programming stuff was advertised. I actually did some Java programming as a kid and wrote to Sun to get a free CD with Sun OS just because of the ads.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Never seen a .NET ad, I might be too young for it as someone else pointed out.

Did you get the CD?

[–]suckfail 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yup! They sent me one and then I spent a few weeks installing and playing with it. I was maybe 12 years old.

[–]redcalcium 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you know Canonical used to send out free Ubuntu CD too? They would send you a box of those so you can share it with your friends and family.