Truth, they are still there. Like many other Microsoft products they will likely be here for many years to come (with or with going open source). I just meant

Truth, they are still there. Like many other Microsoft products they will likely be here for many years to come (with or with going open source). I just meant to say that it seems up till now we were seeing a decline in the .NET community. I know more than a few MS pro's jump ship, including at least one MVP.