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Is Microsoft's .NET Ecosystem On the Decline?

Posted by timothy on from the are-you-caught-in-it? dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes: In a posting that recently attracted some buzz online, .NET developer Justin Angel (a former program manager for Silverlight) argued that the .NET ecosystem is headed for collapse—and that could take interest in C# along with it. "Sure, you'll always be able to find a job working in C# (like you would with COBOL), but you'll miss out on customer reach and risk falling behind the technology curve," he wrote. But is C# really on the decline? According to Dice's data, the popularity of C# has risen over the past several years; it ranks No. 26 on Dice's ranking of most-searched terms. But Angel claims he pulled data from Indeed.com that shows job trends for C# on the decline. Data from the TIOBE developer interest index mirrors that trend, he said, with "C# developer interest down approximately 60% down back to 2006-2008 levels." Is the .NET ecosystem really headed for long-term implosion, thanks in large part to developers devoting their energies to other platforms such as iOS and Android?

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  1. Dice? LOL by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to Dice's data,

    Did they read tea leaves or chicken bones?

    1. Re:Dice? LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      According to Dice's data,

      Did they read tea leaves or chicken bones?

      I think they just rolled the.... never mind. That was way too easy.

  2. YOU are the scratch monkey! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    FUCK IT! I'll do it live and test it in production!

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    1. Re:YOU are the scratch monkey! by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny

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      Still has a few kinks in it, though.

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      Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
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