I think the reason why the future isn't spelt out is because they don't know (or haven't decided). The last 12 months have been massive steps for Microsoft (op

I think the reason why the future isn't spelt out is because they don't know (or haven't decided). The last 12 months have been massive steps for Microsoft (open source, multi platform). I would expect they would wait and see how their customers & community react. Also Azure is a massive component to all of this (they make money of Azure, they don't make a massive amount of cash from someone using .Net). Microsoft have a long history of keeping old versions alive (unlike say Apple). Eg Internet Explorer, Windows XP, Office, Win Forms vs MVC I'm sure .Net core will take over one day. In the same way .Net 4.5 overtook .Net 2 / 1.1 etc.