Coders Tell Why They’re Avoiding Vista…
In terms of application,
“More attractive apps are more user-friendly apps, says Microsoft, and that translates into increased user productivity.”
“More lean and mean apps are more user-friendly apps, says Enterprises, and that translates into decreased ‘confused and cluttered’.”
In terms of technologies,
XP-era technologies such as Windows Forms will be around for many years to come.
Vista-era ones such as WPF will slowly rise as the way to do Windows applications.
In the real battlefields,
98% of the apps written are for the Web. Many clients apps are migrated from VB6 or .Net.
References: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146035/coders_tell_why_theyre_avoiding_vista.html