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Telerik is where long-time Microsoft evangelist John Bristowe has landed. We’re using a lot of this tech at iQmetrix and are thinking about the same things: which tech for which purpose? But we’re broadening it beyond just the .NET stack.

And, frankly, without looking at Windows 8 in more detail, this kind of guidance is too early.

Regardless, a very interesting view into what Microsoft tech stacks are fit for what purpose.

I’ve learned much of what I know about C# and .NET from both using and contributing to OSS.

.NET: So long and thanks for all the fish - lucisferre

This is Chris Nicola’s post on “leaving .NET” (and also, unfortunately, my team at iQmetrix) to go work for his first startup.

The quote is very, very interesting, and should make Microsoft perk up and take notice - that Chris learned the most about C# and .NET from open source software.

Github is probably the best thing that ever happened to Microsoft and their open source efforts.

Open source does not beget more open source in .NET, because the barriers to standing on each other shoulders are so high.

In .NET, open source does not beget open source

Article that goes over the problems inherent in distributing .NET projects, and the lack of consistent tooling. My hypothesis would be that this is because there are fewer “lone hacker” .NET devs?