>>Do I think I should change because of all of the reasons above? Nope, not any time soon. I will keep using VB.Net and winforms for as long as I can and that will be awhile. Rewriting an application just because of a new technology is not a good move, it looses you money in the short and long term. You are better of adding features to your existing application.
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>I suspect that in this guy's case "as long as I can" means "as long as I can get away with it and my boss doesn't make me learn anything new and then I'll whine about how I've been betrayed by Microsoft because they've abandoned me after only 10 years advance warning they were going in another direction"
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>But I see no reason not to begin my next app using what I have come to believe is a superior ( or at least more interesting ) technology when pretty much the only argument against doing so would be "Gee it's a lot of hassle to learn new stuff" <s>
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>And I say that as somebody who learns new stuff on his own (usually unbillable) time. Amazing how much whining I hear from developers who get to learn new stuff on the company dime.

I'm on the fence on this. I think it boils down to profitability and what the vision at hand is.

Personally, I admire and envy those of you who are able to jump on every new technology that comes out. I don't always have the time to devote myself to it, so I spend some [more] time weighing the pros and cons of following. The most difficult choice comes when you have a lot of work that is waiting for you to sit down and do it (billable hours) and a number of interesting things you have to think hard on whether you need them or not in your tool chest.

Having said this, however, there are times when I have seen absolutely no gain for my clients by switching technology. Not in the short run, and not in the long run. And I have acted and recommended accordingly. If they still want to pursue that route, I'll happily oblige, though.

To make a blanket statement like the one you quoted might be a sign of eventual extinction or, on the bright side, one of having found a model that definitely works for that person (provided that he doesn't bitch every 10 years about having been left behind by microsoft et al and just shuts up and catches up).

Refusing to learn new things on your employer/client's dime, is downright idiotic.

Have fun...

Alex