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Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises?

Posted by timothy on from the full-of-holes dept.

cyclocommuter writes with this snippet from The Register's assessment of whether Microsoft's .NET framework has been a success: "If the goal of .NET was to see off Java, it was at least partially successful. Java did not die, but enterprise Java became mired in complexity, making .NET an easy sell as a more productive alternative. C# has steadily grown in popularity, and is now the first choice for most Windows development. ASP.NET has been a popular business web framework. The common language runtime has proved robust and flexible. ... Job trend figures here show steadily increasing demand for C#, which is now mentioned in around 32 per cent of UK IT programming vacancies, ahead of Java at 26 per cent."

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  1. "mentioned" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    steadily increasing demand for C#, which is now mentioned in around 32 per cent of UK IT programming vacancies

    Yup see them every day

    "Please don't apply if you have C# experience"

    1. Re:"mentioned" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Awwwe, look at the poor starving troll. Will someone feed it?

    2. Re:"mentioned" by pjh3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're just sore because you made the wrong decision to learn Delphi.

    3. Re:"mentioned" by JustOK · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't worry, it's going to get all tangled up in the .NET

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  2. Re:I got a Big Endian x-mas present by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My endian is much bigger than yours.

  3. Re:Java too complex by spottedkangaroo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed. He has the knowledge of a real insider, but keeps up on other languages too. If I had points I'd mod you up for saying he should be modded up.

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  4. Re:Java too complex by CxDoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gee, I have mod points but could not help but notice your modesty - why exclude yourself?

    If someone has mod points, please mod us all up!

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  5. Re:Java too complex by motorhead · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somebody modded a comment of mine up and now my karma is neutral. It was bad for years and a source of pride for me. Feh!

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  6. Re:I think they made a small mistake. by Gnaget · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hardly think we should include all the high school students using VB.NET in the count.

  7. Re:Silverlight by dzfoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Strange that you mentioned 10 years, because as the article claims, .Net was announced in 2001, and introduced in 2002. So even if you started using it the day it came out, the framework is still only 7 years old.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework#Versions

    Do you by chance have one of those jobs posted circa 2004 asking for "10 years experience in .NET"?

            -dZ.

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  8. Re:The really big win with .Net by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Interop and PInvoke for mayor!

  9. Re:.Not by Cyberax · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft Windows Server is a viable server platform.

    So this excuse doesn't work anymore.

  10. Re:Java too complex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please Mod Parent Down.

  11. Re:Java too complex by Tetsujin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gee, I have mod points but could not help but notice your modesty - why exclude yourself?

    If someone has mod points, please mod us all up!

    I have some mod points!!

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