I used C# for a long time before moving on as well. Mostly web stuff, but also desktop software and services (Windows equivalent of a daemon). I always really l

I used C# for a long time before moving on as well. Mostly web stuff, but also desktop software and services (Windows equivalent of a daemon). I always really liked the language, and the libraries are mostly pretty good, but it being tied to Windows and especially IIS was always a real problem. But I think .NET has also long suffered from a more anemic ecosystem than other platforms have. Things like a package manager have just recently come around. Things like tooling and educational resources seem more spotty than for other platforms. (Although some of the for-pay .NET tools are really, really nice.) So, I too would like to see it used in more interesting ways than line-of-business desktop/web apps. But I wonder how the above things will play out. I'm really glad it's not so tied down to Windows anymore. But maybe there are other issues to resolve, now.