[CWuestefeld]

Interesting news in the context of two HN posts from last week.

First was the question of the future of the .Net platform in Windows 8.

Second was regarding the quality of technical books these days (Gamma being the author of one of my top 5 or so books, one that changed the way I look at software development).

[wslh]

I doubt that Microsoft will eclipse the future of .NET.

[icey]

I agree 100%. I think it's rather silly that people are coming to that conclusion based on a couple of demos of tech that hasn't come out yet. Especially considering Microsoft has spent a decade driving .net adoption.

[lycos1]

you mean... "I doubt that Microsoft will Eclipse the future of .NET" (Erich Gamma lead on Eclipse dev team)

[wslh]

Ah, what irony! but I am more comfortable with Visual Studio than to Eclipse.