Microsoft has always had "half-baked frameworks and class libraries". I actually like MFC, but it never really got past the "good for a first cut" phase, IMO.

Microsoft has always had "half-baked frameworks and class libraries". I actually like MFC, but it never really got past the "good for a first cut" phase, IMO. Fortunately, I've never had to deal with .NET, and besides a little MFC, most of my work is on Linux these days.