I have wondered a few times with Ahti what is the next big thing that happens after .NET. After all, .NET was introduced to the general public in Orlando PDC 2000. And, if you listened carefully, essentials were already talked a few years earlier. This makes .NET about 10 years old now, so something new is bound to be introduced.
Another thing I have wondered has been what Don Box is up to nowadays. Don was very visible person in the beginning of .NET and of course when Indigo was on the drawing table. He has been very quiet up until now. Let's see some early hints:
DB blog: Work
DPurdy's blog: New Languages & Compilers
DB talk at Lang.NET 2008 symposium, very interesting talk on where MS development platform is going. I expect to hear a lot more at this year's PDC. Some highlights:
- Modeling and languages
- Goals: write less code, understand our software
- Angle brackets are not for everyone
- "Can you write Powerpoint in it?" - yes, you can
- Come up with something better than XML