Given the title of this blog, maybe I’ve been a bit quiet on why I’m not totally enamoured with .NET.
To make a case, I’m going to need to refer to some older material, so please forgive me if you’ve seen this before.
Richard Grimes is a well known author and speaker on COM and .NET. However, he caused a stir earlier this year when he stepped down from his Dr. Dobb’s column with something of a tirade against .NET. I can’t help thinking this is a little hypocritical - Richard certainly toed the Microsoft line for long enough. However, I agree with many of his points - e.g. that Microsoft’s attitude to .NET is much like its attitude to VB before it.
For a rebuttal, and subsequent debate, see this article from Dan Fernandez, Visual C# Product Manager at Microsoft.