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Devs Worried Microsoft Will Dump .NET

Posted by Soulskill on from the long-term-strategy-is-beholden-to-the-dollar dept.

joelholdsworth passes along a story summing up concerns from developers that "Microsoft seems to be set on adopting HTML5 and JavaScript as its main application development tools for Windows 8," and asking, "is this the end of .NET?" The article continues: "To bet the farm on HTML5 and JavaScript being the next big thing is a good bet, but it's not a bet that Microsoft can easily take and make good. Even if the world does turn to JavaScript and platform-independent apps, this still means that Microsoft loses. The problem is that Microsoft needs a technology that gives it an edge, and HTML5/JavaScript is everybody's edge. Microsoft developers feel left in the dark and very angry at the way they are being treated. You only have to browse the Microsoft forums to discover how strong the feeling is: forum post 1, forum post 2 and an open letter." Reader Sla$hPot points out a similar story at OS News.

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  1. Oh, dear, god.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I surely can't be the only one praying that they do drop .NET?

  2. Don't Worry by binarylarry · · Score: 1, Troll

    You can always switch to Mono.

    ROFLMAO!

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    1. Re:Don't Worry by gregarican · · Score: 1, Troll

      Yeah, Mono is up to...what....NET 1.1 or 2.0 now? That will surely be a great safety net!

  3. Par for the course by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: -1, Troll

    Anybody who have ever gotten into bed with Microsoft has gotten fucked. Why would you be any different? If you've made big investments in .NET, you have no one to blame but yourself.

  4. Re:Yeah, cos you know... by sexconker · · Score: -1, Troll

    .NET is mainly used for server-side processing.

    Wait, what? I make client applications... Windows apps. I don't make websites. I don't make client applications that require constant connection with a server. So your statement completely forgets about me and thousands of developers who need to make real applications that work in the real world, not some dream land in the cloud.

    I'm beginning to wonder if Microsoft hasn't forgotten about us too.

    Oh... and this: HTML5 may excel with GUI, but it's not better than WPF. WPF is definitely better in terms of combining the power, flexibility, and ease-of-development of UIs. (Before the flaming begins... I never said WPF is better for everyone, it's just better for me and my Windows clients.)

    No, his statement completely forgets about you and thousands of developers who use .NET because they don't know C/C++.

  5. Re:Silly by kimvette · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think Netflix hired both of them to completely screw up their UI.

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