.NET Migration Data That Would Be Good to Know

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Microsoft’s discussions of migrations from the .NET Framework to .NET do not include several advantages the company has relative to its customers:

Microsoft has access to its product teams that develop .NET, which substantially speeds support and hotfixes for its internal teams; furthermore, these teams typically encourage and assist internal Microsoft teams in “dogfooding” new versions
Microsoft has developers and architects with significant experience, skill, and inherent understanding of .NET behavior, which can expedite planning and optimize designs
Microsoft is likely to have greater influence than other customers over partners and third parties that supply application dependencies; this influence makes it easier to obtain timely fixes and upgrades needed for .NET migrations.

Details not fully disclosed in Microsoft’s migration discussions that customers should consider for their own migrations include the following:

The number and skill levels of developers involved
The

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