Software engineer explains why he swore off .NET platform

Ryan Bennett says Microsoft .NET has become too cumbersome and costly for his work. He points to licensing costs, weak attention to user experience, and ASP.NET features that lag behind other platforms.

He argues that free and open web platforms make it easier to develop, deploy, and market test products. He also says the biggest web applications use non-Microsoft technology, and he chooses those tools for his own projects.

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• Bennett says he moved away from .NET because it was too cumbersome and costly for his projects.
• He cites “insane” licensing costs as one problem.
• He says .NET has no focus on user experience.
• He says ASP.NET platform features are always behind other platforms.
• He says even Mono is falling behind the times.
• He prefers free and open platforms for rapid product development, deployment, and market testing.
• He says modern open web platforms are easy to acquire, configure, and learn.
• He says they support engaging user experiences on scalable and performant architectures.
• He says Google, Facebook, and Twitter use free, open, non-Microsoft technology.