KEYWORDS: USE WHAT YOU KNOW

Jun 09

Why do .Net development folk have to read things into stuff where they are not there ?

Read this announcement for the Build Conference.. What does it say ?

USE WHAT YOU KNOW

Things this announcement does *NOT* say

GO OUT and LEARN HTML 5, we are putting all of you .NET programmers out to pasture.
HTML 5 is the one and ONLY preferred way of programming apps..
The Windows 7 interface is gone and there is no “Classic” mode..
Microsoft is giving up on .NET Applications
You have to use the new interface even though you prefer the old one.

Things Microsoft *HAS* said about Windows 8
There will be just one version of Windows 8 that will run across devices (PCs, Tablets, Phones)
HTML 5 apps will run along side Windows 8 .NET applications (think: Office 365, Google apps, etc.) in the new interface.
.NET Applications will be treated like “first class” citizens in Windows 8
Windows Phone “Mango” update has an HTML 5 immersive internet browser. Windows 8 has an immersive internet browser as well.

KEYWORDS: USE WHAT YOU KNOW

NOT: LEARN HTML 5 & JavaScript

NOT: WE ARE ABANDONING .NET

Tags: Windows 8 | .NET | Silverlight | ASP.NET | HTML 5

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