>Hi Hank,
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>Confirmation of what we knew intuitively from various blog posts and by observing - eg- the poor % of VFP to .Net conversion.
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>.Net has kept trying to catch up with existing techs like Java and Flash at the time they were dominating, and just before their decline started.
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>Whatever Microsoft invested on .Net to preserve the domination of Windows is pure loss today, given the recent strategy shift.
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>I hope this new strategy will work for ms, though I'm afraid that the area of on-line services is due to a price war, given its limited differential advantage (unique, defensible and sustainable)
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>Another confirmation of what we often wrote here: Ballmer was all wrong.
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>>Interesting analysis of .Net developer numbers: https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=1E5AA35A965D3234!26479&ithint=file%2Cdocx&app=Word&authkey=!AHbAQ1i_GgwNxJY


Anybody remember this article ?
http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/2005/07/06/whither-net/

Hypothetical question;
Would situation be any different today had they invested all that energy and resources into mobile/smart device development
instead of pushing NET as if there is no tomorrow? Would their smart/mobile market share be any different ?
I doubt.

Since they love those mythical names like 'Atlas' or 'Avalon' for example, next (few) versions of NET
might as well have code name like 'Sisyphus' maybe? Ok, ok, that was not very nice, just could not resist... ;-))

Cheers :-)