Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises?

cyclocommuter writes with this snippet from The Register's assessment of whether Microsoft's .NET framework has been a success: "If the goal of .NET was to see off Java, it was at least partially successful. Java did not die, but enterprise Java became mired in complexity, making .NET an easy sell as a more productive alternative. C# has steadily grown in popularity, and is now the first choice for most Windows development. ASP.NET has been a popular business web framework. The common language runtime has proved robust and flexible. ... Job trend figures here show steadily increasing demand for C#, which is now mentioned in around 32 per cent of UK IT programming vacancies, ahead of Java at 26 per cent."

"mentioned"

[Anonymous Coward]

steadily increasing demand for C#, which is now mentioned in around 32 per cent of UK IT programming vacancies

Yup see them every day

"Please don't apply if you have C# experience"

Re:"mentioned"

[Anonymous Coward]

Awwwe, look at the poor starving troll. Will someone feed it?

Re:I got a Big Endian x-mas present

[Anonymous Coward]

My endian is much bigger than yours.

Re:"mentioned"

[pjh3000]

You're just sore because you made the wrong decision to learn Delphi.

Re:"mentioned"

[JustOK]

Don't worry, it's going to get all tangled up in the .NET

Re:Java too complex

[spottedkangaroo]

Indeed. He has the knowledge of a real insider, but keeps up on other languages too. If I had points I'd mod you up for saying he should be modded up.

Re:Java too complex

[CxDoo]

Gee, I have mod points but could not help but notice your modesty - why exclude yourself?

If someone has mod points, please mod us all up!

Re:Java too complex

[motorhead]

Somebody modded a comment of mine up and now my karma is neutral. It was bad for years and a source of pride for me. Feh!

Re:I think they made a small mistake.

[Gnaget]

I hardly think we should include all the high school students using VB.NET in the count.

Re:Silverlight

[dzfoo]

Strange that you mentioned 10 years, because as the article claims, .Net was announced in 2001, and introduced in 2002. So even if you started using it the day it came out, the framework is still only 7 years old.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework#Versions [wikipedia.org]

Do you by chance have one of those jobs posted circa 2004 asking for "10 years experience in .NET"?

        -dZ.

Re:The really big win with .Net

[Anonymous Coward]

Interop and PInvoke for mayor!

Re:.Not

[Cyberax]

Microsoft Windows Server is a viable server platform.

So this excuse doesn't work anymore.

Re:Java too complex

[Anonymous Coward]

Please Mod Parent Down.

Re:Java too complex

[Tetsujin]

Gee, I have mod points but could not help but notice your modesty - why exclude yourself?

If someone has mod points, please mod us all up!

I have some mod points!!