Why build using managed languages? Why build using object oriented languages? Why build using high level languages? Let's all go back to assembler.

The editorial is inane. Why would you want to do things the hard way when you've been given a productivity tool to do things simpler, faster. Why would you want to build anything on a platform at its end of life?

I get that the article is rhetorical, but most people don't jump on new features because they're new. They do it because it provides a simple framework to be more productive, more agile, cheaper to build, and easier to maintain. Just imagine what would happen to your proprietary SQL Server 7.0 framework the moment a body walks out the door.