I don't think .NET is dead at all. Creating a .NET based app, the output can be HTML. ASP.NET controls do this. LightSwitch lets you build a Silverlight based app without knowing or using any Silverlight coding, and could be updated to generate HTML5/JS/CSS3 based apps without doing any web coding. Servoy lets you build rich client forms, then each form renders as HTML/JS/CSS via AJAX without any web development knowledge (and will support HTML5 fully). So there is nothing preventing the use of WPF, Silverlight, and LightSwitch like development in .NET that generates HTML5 based forms/apps. In Servoy, your own JavaScript code runs on the server. This makes it more like SasS (software as a service), and makes it far easier to deploy as a cloud based app (no app changes needed).

I think Microsoft is doing a disservice to developers by showing off Windows 8 and hinting to their new roadmap without being more clear about their plans for HTML5, Silverlight, etc. I think they should have planned to show the new Win8 UI at the same time they disclose plans for developers. Now they will spend the next several months with many pissed off and confused .NET developers.

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/06/windows_tablets_without_silverlight_dot_net/
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>Let the rumours begin...
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>How feverish are things going to get before "September"?