.Net Framework, .Net Core and .Net Standard all have different version numbers, which correspond to different things. In addition, since Core and Standard are both in the 1.Xs currently, it can be confusing. Finally, the .Net Core SDK is versioned differently from the run time, both somewhere in the low 1.Xs right now.

``` >dotnet Microsoft .NET Core Shared Framework Host Version : 1.1.0 Build : 928f77c4bc3f49d892459992fb6e1d5542cb5e86 ```

``` >dotnet --version 1.0.0-preview2-1-003177 ```

The version numbers aren't necessarily weird, but the versioning sure is.

Disclaimer: MS Employee who uses Dotnet, but doesn't work on it.