Whoever this guy is he&#x27;s probably right.<p>There are some really cool things coming forward in the land of dotnet.core.<p>Specifically you can now build projects on linux machines. Command line and web are basically a &quot;no brainer&quot; already (even with RC1 and RC-here-be-dragons).<p>For anyone seriously considering linux desktop apps, the&#x27;ll want to consider some sort of cross-plat gui  library, but there are a number of threads discussing it over at the dotnet foundation and some of the suggestions there seem like real &quot;contenders&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.dotnetfoundation.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;cross-platform-wpf&#x2F;421" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.dotnetfoundation.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;cross-platform-wpf&#x2F;421</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.dotnetfoundation.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;cross-platform-gui&#x2F;514" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.dotnetfoundation.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;cross-platform-gui&#x2F;514</a><p>(for example this one looked neat)
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.noesisengine.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.noesisengine.com&#x2F;</a><p>When you&#x27;re looking at C# vs. Java, I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if you found the new openness of dotnetcore to chip away at some of the &quot;base&quot; of Java. Maybe you start to see C# as the goto choice for CompSci classes.<p>Maybe the face-melting performance benchmarks <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.ageofascent.com&#x2F;asp-net-core-exeeds-1-15-million-requests-12-6-gbps&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.ageofascent.com&#x2F;asp-net-core-exeeds-1-15-million-...</a> (1.15 million requests per second vs. ~150k in nodejs and vs. 50k in .NET46) will have an impact on people interested in lowering their server costs.<p>We certainly saw NODEJS was adopted rapidly thanks to its performance in 2012 <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;highscalability.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;4&#x2F;linkedin-moved-from-rails-to-node-27-servers-cut-and-up-to-2.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;highscalability.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;4&#x2F;linkedin-moved-fro...</a><p>and paypal followed suit in 2013 <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;highscalability.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;11&#x2F;using-nodejs-paypal-doubles-rps-lowers-latency-with-fewer-de.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;highscalability.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;11&#x2F;using-nodejs-payp...</a><p>C# under dotnet core, when written correctly has the potential to lower latency, require fewer servers, and all sorts of fun stuff.<p>Fewer servers means lower costs, while lower latency has proven to convert into more users or sales.<p>Of course, this is all best-case, pollyanna &amp; coming from a bit of a fanboy... so <i>please</i> take what I say with a tiny grain of salt, but I do think this is pretty exciting stuff.<p>To be fair, I&#x27;m <i>so</i> excited about this stuff I&#x27;d kindof like for someone to take me down a peg and push a bunch of 
counter points at me so I get a more balanced and realistic opinion (just be nice OK?).