It is. While Im not really worried that .NET will be replaced by HTML 5, I really wonder why the windows team wouldnt want to try and merge the development mod

It is. While Im not really worried that .NET will be replaced by HTML 5, I really wonder why the windows team wouldnt want to try and merge the development models for WP7 and windows 8. If they really want this platform to run on tablets, why would you not want to leverage WP7 code a'la iOS???? I think that it is great if the HTML/JavaScript model is an additional way to draw in developers to the windows platform, but the fragmentation is not a good plan IMHO.