Re: Microsoft Losing Interest in C#?
From: Bob Grommes (bob_at_bobgrommes.com)
Date: 09/18/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:19:48 -0700
I think MSFT is just on a big push to move VB6 developers to VB.NET. That's
a big audience they don't want to lose.
--Bob
"Michael Adams" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> I don't know if you have noticed, but it seems like Microsoft is losing
> interest in C#, and putting their energy into Visual Basic.NET instead.
>
> For instance, online chats by language since July 1, 2004:
>
> VB.NET 47
> C# 6
> C++ 8
> J# 0
>
> ADO with VB.NET 6
> ADO with C# 0
> ADO with C++ 0
> ADO with J# 0
>
> Windows Forms with VB.NET 2
> Windows Forms with C# 0
> Windows Forms with C++ 0
> Windows Forms with J# 0
>
> If you look at the roadmap Microsoft has laid out for Visual Studio 2005
and
> the various languages, it appears almost all of the RAD improvements are
for
> VB.NET. The only thing I see coming for C# are a few language
enhancements,
> but really nothing for RAD. Yes, C# programmers want granularity, but we
> don't get paid unless the projects go out, too! You have to get it out
the
> door. When is Microsoft going to wake up to this?
>
> I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't put the same kind of energy into
> the languages that start with a "C" as they do a "B"...and then they
wonder
> why people defect to Java, PHP, or even C++ on other platforms.
>
> Maybe it's time for C# people to speak up.
>
> Michael
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