Yeah Microsoft tends to deprecate and replace frameworks every few years. Usually it's an improvement, but they really keep you on an API treadmill. Eventually

Yeah Microsoft tends to deprecate and replace frameworks every few years. Usually it's an improvement, but they really keep you on an API treadmill. Eventually I got tired of it and went back to primarily Win32 development for customer-installed apps and Linux for everything else. I feel like I can focus on quality rather than quantity much better now.