FWIW, this statement "and HTML and JavaScript will take on far more significance on the client." is, probably unintentionally, an endorsement to stay away from .Net. Go straight to HTML/JS/CSS.

>>http://mihailik.blogspot.com/2012/05/net-is-dead.html
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>>Best regards
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>Sorry but the guy that said .NET is dead sounds like an idiot. That's not what the Microsoft guy said in his article AT ALL....
>Silverlight and those associated technologies may be dead. Maybe even desktop software apps. But C# on the server is thriving with MVC and HTML and JavaScript will take on far more significance on the client.