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ZD Net: "Asked about the future of its .NET strategy, Ballmer admitted the platform 'had stalled in the last 12 months'. But there would be a renewed .NET push, he said, and this was 'an assigned priority' for the government sector. " - I recently spoke to a former Oracle employee who said Microsoft was going to drop .NET as a platform. Of course I didn't believe him, but comments like "has stalled in the last 12 months" make me wonder why? Microsoft is betting the farm on .NET, right?
Oddly enough, we were talking about .NET this evening after StS 2005 wrapped up. My opinion - they went a "bridge too far" pushing VB to .NET - it's just too much for the (very large) VB community.
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