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Brent Jenkins wrote:
I can understand that, but it looks like .NET Core is the preferred (and IMO logical) direction from Microsoft.

I agree, it makes sense for Microsoft to go multi-platform. In the current environment, it's idiocy for them not to. But that doesn't meant that CORE will be successful. Microsoft, Google, (name any large IT products company) all have failed product lines.

Granted, people jumping on CORE will ultimately contribute to making it successful ... but I won't be one of them. Too lazy, I guess. Laugh | :laugh:

Brent Jenkins wrote:
I don't jump at every new technology announced but with .NET Core 2 due to be released I'd say it that makes sense for anyone currently involved with ASP.NET to take a very close look at it, otherwise you may well end up "going the way of the dodo"

Your point is well taken -- IT people should keep up with technology, else we end up unemployable when our favored technology finally dies. And they all die ... eventually. But some fight going out:

In 1981 a college professor told me that there was absolutely no point in learning COBOL as the language would be completely dead within 5 years. I have a buddy who has come out of retirement at least 3 times that I know of (he gets bored) for COBOL contracts. No one has managed to stake the COBOL vampire yet ... far too many legacy applications.

In a related thread, VB6 is still alive and well, despite many reports of its death. VS6 can be installed under Win10 and there are thousands of active VB6 applications in production around the world; VB6 is consistently 12th or 13th on various lists of "most popular languages". I have a feeling VB6 will last like COBOL has ... especially since VB6 is alive and well under the assumed name "VBA" in every Microsoft Office product (plus other non-MS products).

That said, I'm relatively happy in the C# world, not living in a shrinking niche. Smile | :)
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