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>>>And what if .NET turns out to be a wild goose chase? Sometimes it's better to get off the train for awhile and get on again at a later station. (maybe even the same train)
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>>Don't count on it. They are betting the future on .Net. I read last week that MS is putting 80% of their R&D budget into .Net.
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>So what makes Microsoft the next Nostradamus? They COULD still be wrong, but they've already shown they're very capable of shifting directions quickly as needed.

If they are wrong, MS will no longer be around, so it won't matter.