Why .NET/C# will last at most 5 years

[Anthony Paul]

Back in 2002 there was a huge thread going where .NET's longevity was
questioned and predictions made as to its demise.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csha...



Seeing that it has been 5 years (well almost, 3 months left to go but
that's insignificant) and that .NET has pretty much dominated the
scene, I was wondering what the original nay-sayers would like to add
to their prophecies of doom. I am a developer who saw the writing on
the wall years ago and am glad that I added .NET to my resume (it's now

my primary bread-winner vs my others skill-sets like c, java, delphi,
etc...) I'm not a microsoft fan-boy myself but I find it interesting
that people are so moved by their passions that they feel inclined to
make such far-out predictions that normally don't pan out. Given the
original post's points, would anyone else like to salvage the original
prediction by moving the doomsdate up a few more month/years (perhaps
decades?) or do we feel that .NET is here to stay? It would be
interesting to hear what my fellow C/Java/Delphi/.NET developers would
have to say about the current state of programming platforms as well
and whether .NET has become (or will become in version 3.0) a platform
worth developing on.


Cheers!


Anthony

 

[Andrew]

I'm not an MS fan particularly either. I have a great deal of experience
with Delphi (all my products are written in it, see www.ajcsoft.com) and
until recently MS had nothing (IMHO) that could touch it.

I have now been using VS 2005 + code rush & C# for quite a while on another
project and I have to say that its the most powerful thing I have ever used.
I can write systems much faster than I can in any other language/framework.

What adds a great deal of power is the reflection and the easy data binding.
This has helped me to develop a powerful set of business objects between my
app and the database.

Its still a worry to create shareware with though because you can so easily
disassemble it.

I see it being around for quite some time to come.

 

[Anthony Paul]

Original link was cutoff... here is the full url :

http://groups.google.com/group/micr..._frm/thread/70a18e13c3210771/03786a6f56ed9b41