>>>Wrong again. I've sat in the room with the Winforms, WPF, and Visual Studio teams and heard it directly from them.
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>>>>No, it's many, many people's opinion.
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>>HAHAH. I'm not talking about the MS crews. Of COURSE they're gonna tell you that, I'm talking aboth developers all over the world doing WinForms for a living.
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>You have made some excellent points, however, you are still not grasping the big picture. Others are trying to get you to see how it benefits you as well to learn WPF. Your customers are happy. Your employer is happy. Your value as a developer is not determined by how flashy you can make your apps. All of that is true. However, if for any reason you find yourself out of employment, your value as a developer will definitely go up if you know winforms and WPF to any potential employer that is using winforms now and considering WPF for the future and even more so for those who have already made the decision to move to WPF either now or later. You may still be the same capable developer you always were, but how potential employers see you will be different.
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>WPF is more than just flashiness. There is a lot that has not been covered in this thread, but I doubt even a demo or list will suffice for you. You are basing all of your decisions based on your current employer and current customers. What if both change? Do you want to market yourself as a winforms developer or a Winforms/Silverlight/WPF developer?

Hmmm, Depends.. In real life I find the least competent developpers to ride on the bleeding edge, because there is were the contracts are. Developpers that found as solid job for many year rather deeping themselves into the technology they are using today. Personally I think there are already too many "Jack of all trades, master of none"'s. I've bitten myself in a niche market, SQL server technologies, development techniques, but also in consultancy. Much more stable and less stressing than having to jump ship every 2 years or so.