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Anurag Gandhi wrote: But they are not as volatile as MS
Have you not noticed the velocity with which "in vogue" changes for Javascript frameworks, how technologies like Rails come into and out of fashion, and the forking of Open Source projects (most recently node.js)? I suspect you'll find things more similar than you hope in the OSS world.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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You don't need to be on the latest version of these frameworks.
Learn the languages well / keep up to date with those; but pick a framework and stick to it, until there's a significantly compelling reason to migrate, or you find something that's more standards compliant (e.g. if you picked something requiring SilverLight then an HTML5 friendly version appears, the HTML5 version's the one that'll stay, since it's compatible with more end-user devices).
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Which could also be said of the MS stack.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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shhh, that's a lie, don't let them know. We get paid to play with technology. Using same technology for years get boring. Microsoft just realized that and are providing us our "games".
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Consider it time well spent to prove you have the three years experience mandated by the HR department on a software product that has only been on the market for six months.
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It may strike you hard, but you can still use COBOL for 99% percent of your development - including web development!!!
So why learn new things?
To be able to choose the one good for you and not run after Microsoft, just because 'Redmond told so'...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Better example would PHP and Java. It keeps on upgrading with tools and frameworks but don't change the way MS creates new stuffs and shut it down so often.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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And who told you that old thing does not work?
Nothing had shut down - some ways developers doesn't go on so Microsoft stopped it, others matured...
However everything still out-there and you can use if you wish!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yeah, Agreed.
It is still out there, but discontinued for further development.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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As VB6. Yet is still used - the user base provides what's missing. Which now is very very little!
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I hear you brother, M$ has not been taking care of her developers and those who dwell in M$ ecosystem last couple years.
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And here I am, still happily SendMessageing
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And here's another! Up until now, it never failed me.
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But for me, I had to re-write the stuffs many times when migrating to newer version.
Had to convert silverlight project to Html 5 in short time. There are many more but... you can understand...
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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Think it this way: it provides work for us. If with one technology you need X people, with 7 technologies you'll need many more to provide interoperability, future maintenance, porting...
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That's like saying demolishing windows helps the economy
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Well, you can't really prevent windows from being broken, so... just ride with it!
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And working for Oracle and or Google that directly benefit from "open project" miss understood (on purpose) as "open source"
Gordon
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I even CListCtrl, from time to time.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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That's the industry in which we live and breathe. Technology doesn't stand still for anyone. Sometimes the changes don't work, othertimes they do, or sometimes they need further re-work. The point is, it is a constantly moving and shifting industry.
If you're not moving forwards then you're going backwards. If you don't like the MS way of doing things, then there are always other technological ecosystems you could use.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: If you don't like the MS way of doing things, then there are always other technological ecosystems you could use.
Yeah, I would slowly shift towards Open Source which is probably not changing so frequently but getting updated with time. I can't do a sudden switch as I have spent 9+ years in MS technologies.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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You should read the full sentence. You have quoted only half the sentence and given me the answer which I already know. 
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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Your original comment was: "Yeah, I would slowly shift towards Open Source which is probably not changing so frequently but getting updated with time. I can't do a sudden switch as I have spent 9+ years in MS technologies."
You didn't mention anything about Microsoft open source technologies...? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I'm afraid you should read about AngularJS and AngularJS 2 for starter to know what to expect.
What you see now in MSland is the pure open source fest you and others wanted so badly and loudly - no official, best for all purpose solutions, fast development, breaking changes. Many ways to the top of the mountain, choose your one wisely.
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