[DimmieMan]

It’s only mentioned a couple times outside the title, could be for search engines as I think people still search for core to try and filter out framework results.

I still see it mentioned as core all the time so I didn’t even bat an eye at the title.

I’m not going to blame OP, this entirely on Satan himself who’s been in charge of naming everything at Microsoft for a long time now.

The distinction is useful because .Net framework is certainly still alive.

[osigurdson]

I'd say its a combination of myopia + overthinking. On the inside, of course everyone knows the difference between .NET core vs .NET framework. Then, I suspect the final name is chosen via a process similar to selecting a new Pope.

What they should have done, in my opinion, is to use a different name entirely since .NET was always weird to begin with (using a "." in a product name is always strange).