The MS Team have released a pretty comprehensive White Paper talking about the role of .NET:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2013/07/16/responsible-for-a-million-dollar-software-project-but-don-t-know-where-to-start.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/net/nettechnologyguidance http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9832707 (pdf) Cheers Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 * Mob +61 (416) 134 993 * Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 * http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat Sent from the new Office<http://office.com/preview> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ridland Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013 10:39 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Future of .NET Hi It's clear that in the Start-up and Web communities the choice for development platforms is not .NET. Does this mean eventually this will filter up? I'm wondering what this means for the future of .NET? I once had a developer say .NET is the new COBOL.
