Craig,

Microsoft is the master of Mis-communication, in-fighting amongst internal groups, and leaving developers in the lurch. You can't deny this and the article points this out clearly in the end. It may not say you can't use dot net and you are right it doesn't say that. However you can't blame developers for being up in the air constantly about which direction to go. Lets face it, changing from one platform to another for development livlihood is challenging. I have considered many times abandoning dot net and going over to Java just to avoid the constant fear of surprises from Microsoft even if many are just mis-communication. Most of that does not come from individuals but from someone within the Microsoft.

Just my opinion, but don't shoot the developers for the concern that Microsoft itself creates.
Timothy

>OK, first two lines.
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>"Early this month, Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell on Windows developers: the new Windows 8 touch-friendly immersive style would use a developer platform not based on .NET, which Microsoft has been championing for the past decade. Instead, it would use HTML5 and JavaScript."
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>It strongly implies that you can't use .NET. But there is nothing in that statement that says you CAN'T use .NET. This comes back to what I've been saying since the "bombshell" was made. People have their panties in a wad about what Microsoft didn't say. And what was not said doesn't mean squat. Until Microsoft comes out and says you can't use .NET stop whining.
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>Furthermore, so, it is HTML and Javascript. What's the big deal????????????????? Technology changes ALL THE TIME. If they came out and said, "It's all .NET. We're not supporting HTML5 in the UI" then people would complain about that. As the technology changes, Microsoft needs to adapt and use it. Go back and look at history where Microsoft refused to follow standards and push their own agenda.
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>Let's get over this and get back to work.
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>>That's not what the first line of the article says.
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>>>Hard to believe an article that is dead wrong right in the first line. Microsoft NEVER said that you can't use .NET for the Win8 UI.
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>>>>http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars
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>>>>Makes a certain amount of sense...