I don't think it is that bad, sure frameworks come and go, but the fundamentals are still the same. I've been using C# for ~8 years and XAML for ~4. Will still

I don't think it is that bad, sure frameworks come and go, but the fundamentals are still the same. I've been using C# for ~8 years and XAML for ~4. Will still be using them in Win8 for years to come. And the title says Silverlight has been abandoned, but the same skills have been built right into Win8. You should be able to port any SL apps across WinRT reasonably quickly. What has been killed is any notion of XAML being cross platform, but lets face it how many Mac owners wanted/needed to install SL?