When the heck did .NET took over????

I was looking at job vacancies and all of them all said to the point of must have exp in C# or ASP (for web programming).

When the heck did Microsoft took over??? I though C++ and PHP were reigning still.

It took over as soon as it was announced and promptly became the latest fad among clueless managers. Before that it was Java.

Industry standards, gotta love em.