Ok, first this is Guido and there is the obligatory "we're not worthy" stuff but this is a pretty bad argument. UI development for Windows in .NET WinForms is n

Ok, first this is Guido and there is the obligatory "we're not worthy" stuff but this is a pretty bad argument. UI development for Windows in .NET WinForms is not that difficult and you do not generally have to dig into the guts of UI subsystem. Secondly, Guido brings out the old whipping boy of "clients are dead long live the Web." I think this is not a good view. Why is it either Web or Clients. Personally, if HTTP/HTML the best we're over going to do then I think it's a pretty sad state of affairs. It also seems like a big waste to have these powerful computers with many cores that do nothing but allow you to have more tabs open in your web browser. The web is a great platform but there must be a world beyond HTTP/HTML/Javascript and the occasional Flash application. Lastly, I think Guido is either being naive or coy treating HTML as if developing UI in it has no tedious aspect to it.