>There's being "ahead of the curve" and there's being "out there". By this measure of technology forecasting I could now claim, correctly, that .Net will be dead "before long". Better learn something else. I could repeat this every now and then on a regular basis. Factually my statement is true. Practically I would be wasting your time, at least probably for the foreseeable future. Eventually I will be right though. Damn I'm good - I was sooo ahead of the curve.

It is interesting to note that the 'COM/Win DNA Model' lasted about five years. It started around Office 97/VB5/VBA integration. It was an amazing innovation/development by MS. And only five years later it became 'legacy'. It does make you wonder how long MS will stick with its current paradigm. I wonder if we've reached a stage in software development where more developers are making software in 'outdated/legacy' languages versus evolving/modern languages.