Oh dear.

Please consider that I was responding to this:

>>Fox will never (AFAIK) be capable of non-GDI graphics, integrate with the OS in a way that is more than a kludge...

If we're talking mobile, a realist might say exactly the same about NET. Unless you believe that WP7 dominates mobile, of course, or that Mono's future is guaranteed.

>> I can name many evolutions right now with plenty of momentum where .NET is ANYTHING but irrelevant. I'll name one right now - SharePoint.

If we're still talking mobile, my understanding is that iOS doesn't allow Flash or silverlight and Android doesn't support NTLM as of 2.2. Whereas it is inescapable that *many* mobile apps are being written using sqlite and Javascript, If you know different, write a paper and educate us.

>>The market is moving in MANY directions, and generalizations like this have little if any merit.

I agree, constant generalization is tiresome. Lets keep talking frontends and mobile, which inescapably means Android and iOS.

>>but I probably get to see more of the job market across North America because of what I do for a living. I talk to recruiters multiple times a week. I certainly won't claim that I have a pulse on every trend - I don't think anyone can claim that - but I can speak from a position of knowledge and current experience that I think your comments/projections have gone from misleading to false.

Thanks, Mr "Lets not Personalize". ;-) But why does your anecdote matter? People don't use SQL Server on their mobile front end- they can't. I don't see why you're getting all edgy. People who spend their days in the SQL Server neighborhood can keep earning a living for the backend side but IMHO it's important for app developers to recognize where things are going.