>>Now that Windows has announced it will be releasing Windows 8, which will run on a Tablet,
>>I want to develop apps now that will port to Windows 8, and run on a Windows tablet.
>>
>>As Windows 8 is not out yet, I will have to develop for windows 7 now, but the eventual goal is to run apps
>> locally on a Windows tablet (Without Internet connectivity all the time)
>>
>>Any ideas on which of the following technologies I should use now ?
>>Windows Forms
>>Web Forms
>>Silverlight
>>WPF
>>A.N. Other ?
>>
>>TIA
>>Gerard
>
>There's actually a big tizzy on the interwebz about this now. Apparently MS lended a little too much attention to HTML5 and jQuery in a recent preview, and didn't give Silverlight enough attention. The sky is now apparently falling for Silverlight developers.
>
>If I were you, I'd go the ASP.NET MVC/jQuery/CSS/HTML5 approach now as they are probably the safest, and keep your eyes on the Silverlight scenario.

Please see my other post. Some high ranking managers at Microsoft say Silverlight is alive and well. They say people got the wrong impression at the last PDC.