OT; Will MS kill .NET ?

[Nick B]

Hi.

I can across this off-topic. It is 2 years old, but it seems well 
written.

http://i-programmer.info/professional-programmer/i-programmer/2591-dumping-net-microsofts-madness.html


Here is a preview book from MS, to back up this point above:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/08/20/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-preview.aspx

Has anyone heard anything more up to date ?  Will MS just let 
.NET slowly die ?

Nick