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.NET Reflector was the first popular decompiler for .NET languages. It was freeware and had an extension API with quite a few useful community provided extensions. After being freeware for a number of years, the author sold it to redgate which commercialized it. Since then, many freeware and FOSS alternatives have appeared, and rival Reflector in quality.
I guess the fuss surrounding it is because it was once king, and it is the oldest of the good decompilers even though many abandoned it and consider the author a sellout.
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