title: Why .NET is a Framework and Java is a Language
body: <p>Ok. It's not a battle. I'm curious about the concept of framework, I worked with some frameworks like django, zend, rails and cakephp in various levels. </p>
  
  <p>Today a friend of mine sent me a presentation where he listed .NET as a framework, no big surprise I've discussed about .NET framework and I know the basic concept behind it, and from my limit point of view in the .NET technology it seems fair to say it's a framework.</p>
  
  <p>But then it hit me? Why is Java a Language and .NET is a Framework, the more I read the more I get confused, Both Java and .NET have SDKs, is it because java runs on a VM? Is it because .NET supports multiple programming languages? What is the big difference I'm missing here?</p>