B.NET (Bangalore Dot Net) is like the hottest pub in the city for .NET programmers. Every weekend hundreds of hardcore, technology gluttonous members meet up to soak inside Microsoft .NET technologies. Their revelry lies in brainstorming technologies that could change the world.

For beginners, .NET is a Framework tool that introduces a completely new model for the programming and deployment of applications.

An 8300-member group, B.NET is today the largest active .NET group, which provides a platform for people to express their needs regarding technology and its knowledge. Each day, there are emails flying back and forth, brainstorming and exchanging views, among the Group members. Every member of the user community can share their views, give feedback, suggest ideas, request topics for discussion and even feature as a speaker.

.NET’s unique concept of user ownership allows its users to run the show entirely. They use feedback as a mechanism from which group-leaders finalize high priority topics for discussion. Another method used by the group is to select a list of topics and give it to the users, to rate them. The top five topics are then chosen for discussions at events, based on the ratings.

With a view of keeping the community involved in exploring limits of technology the B.NET group organizes events and contests. These forums are open to discussion and interaction, knowledge sharing but predominantly driven by a strong desire to learn more and more. The information provided at these events not only helps the IT community but also the large student-body associated with technology fields. They even conduct technical sessions periodically where the Microsoft professionals and Microsoft Valuable Professionals (MVP) address the groups giving detailed technical insights.