Similarly, many report that Dot-Net Web Forms development is usually quicker than MVC for in-house software (that doesn't need eye-candy) under normal circumsta

Similarly, many report that Dot-Net Web Forms development is usually quicker than MVC for in-house software (that doesn't need eye-candy) under normal circumstances[1], but developers don't want to use it because they are told it's "outdated" and it will rot their skill-set. [1] As suggested earlier, if the MVC stack is well-managed this may not be the case, but the average company has average management, by definition.