Sometimes we forget that we're living on the leading edge

Last week I gave a presentation on .NET for Microsoft at a seminar for representatives from various groups within the Israel Air Force.   It was one of those moments, and over the courseof the year there are alot of these moments, where I am reminded just how skewed my perspective on Microsoft techologies is.  I have been using and teaching about .NET for well over 4 years now, but that is definitely not the norm within the industry at large.  Despite the large percentage of .NET adoption, I need to remind myself every so often that things that I have been talking about for years, is still brand new to alot of developers out there.