A look ahead at 2006
As is custom on my blog, the last day of year brings reflection on the year gone by and how my predictions on the year went. I managed 3 out of 8 of my yearly predictions.
- MSBuild will run fully on 1.1 and SDC Build Tools will retire.
- MbUnit will go opensource and rule the world.
- CruiseControl will reach 1.0 (gotta happen its so close :) and will add several features to better support MbUnit and the code coverage tools.
The one I am most proud of is the MbUnit prediction, mainly because I helped it happen and TBH did'nt see me taking it over. I am glad to be leading the effort however and look foward to its growth in 2006. CCNet reached 1.0 as predicted and now has the 1.1 milestone approaching and in 2006 thats sure to be reached. MSBuild will support 1.1 unoffically, while not around yet it was announced in 2005 so it counts ;-)
So what about what I am doing in 2006, unlike previous years I am not going to say, 2005 was a terrible year for me on many different levels, one of the worse I can remember. As such I am just going to let things happen in 2006.
So what about predictions for 2006 (and the last two I hope I am proved wrong about).
- TD.net will rock and rule the world in 2006, Jamie is going to spring some real joy in 2006.
- Already this year we have seen major growth in Web 2.0\AJAX and thanks to Google and others 2006 will bring more of the web 2.0 vision into life
- Java will go opensource, with IBM\Apache creating a opensource Java, Sun will start the wheels turning and a new foundation will be started to make Java OSS.
- .NET 2.0 Rotor will see the light of day.
- Mono will fully support .NET 2.0, the Mono JScript engine will make it to the offical distro and XBuild will become as fully functional as MSBuild and become the Mono compile engine.
- Adobe (Macromedia) Flex will show some real muscle in 2006 and will be a tour de force in bringing RIA to the enterprise Java world. 2006 will not see .NET support (and by 2007 I'll still be waiting).
- Microsoft will open up folly after folly at the RIA world, WPF, Sparkle, Orcas, Vista. By the end of 2006 Microsoft will still be the only provider of .NET applications and solutions to the RIA space and everyone else will have missed the boat completely (and by then it will be too late to catch up).
Thats it, have a safe and happy night tonight and see you in 2006.