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.

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"Managed code is...shit."  (I think I caught the gist, if not the entertaining vocabulary.)

It may well be.  I haven't been convinced one way or the other, yet.  I think I'll make up my mind regarding managed code when I see how my current product turns out. 

I don't deny that the entire brand-awareness marketing push was extremely offputting, though.  I tend to agree with you just because they sold it so danged hard.  If you've got a technology like this, I prefer the approach of "advertise lightly and let it stand on its merits" to the .NET marketing bonanza.