John, honestly, mobile and then web (in that order) are the future. Whether that's tied to the browser as we know it now or not might be debatable.
And the server side does not really matter unless you need something highly specialized. Desktop apps today are extremely niche and most development and investment is going into mobile and web. I honestly though this was all common knowledge.

>>>Unless web coverage is actually goal of app, I cannot see how web app can be superior to desktop (native) one.
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>Agreed. But if people start with "Everybody knows that browser apps are the future" then they can insist that NET is just as good as anything else for the backend and that the non-MS device is irrelevant, because it's just a support system for the browser. So the MS developer still is in the hot seat, hurrah! It's ironic that some of those who scoffed at VFP as MS foxed it, now depend on extremely unlikely arguments to justify clinging to NET.