According to a lot of job sites .NET isn't dying at all...
Maybe the author has the feeling it is dying because other platforms are in the news more often?
Maybe the author has the feeling it is dying because other platforms are in the news more often?
As mentioned above, enterprise solutions are huge. There's a lot of money there, and they rely on Microsoft solutions. Sharepoint 2010 has hooks into Dynamics CRM (accounting and CRM), data workflow and reporting (SSIS/SSRS), etc. I've only seen glimpses of 2013, and I think it'll be slow to catch on (as is typical in the corporate cycle) but it will likely be huge in the future.