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/micr..._frm/thread/70a18e13c3210771/03786a6f56ed9b41

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

 

[Anthony Paul]

Oops! I just noticed that this was originally posted in the csharp
newsgroup and should instead have been posted in the dotnet.general
group. I have re-created this post there :

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...8742e/31fb4a55c1f489fa?hl=en#31fb4a55c1f489fa

and am closing this one. If you would like to reply to this post please
go to the above link instead and reply there.

Cheers!

Anthony