During evolution of .NET related technologies (almost lasted a decade) Microsoft published bunch of experimental technologies, frameworks and packages which caused developers to feel a little bit confused. This confusion made developers feel uncomfortable about the future of these technologies and we simply preferred, to the extent we can survive, not to use new .NET related stuff. We had the feeling that we were fighting to find our way out of a huge dust cloud, I think even Microsoft felt a little bit exhausted and as a result was late to set a clear vision for all these technologies. But with the release of .NET framework 3.0 and 3.5 it seems that Microsoft managed to settle down a clear vision about the future of .NET development. I think next decade (by 2010) we will talk/hear about and develop software based on the following .NET related technologies.
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