I give Microsoft blame for miscommunication. But part of the blame also has to go with users. Microsoft is not a single entity. It's more like lots of small companies competing with each other that happen to be named the same.

If you want to move to Java, go ahead, but you'll be trading one set of vendor headaches for another.

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