I wrote about the ASP.NET MVC Framework previously — and since then, had a chance to take a look at the source code and provide some feedback of my own. In my opinion, it has a long way to go, but it is a great step in the right direction from Microsoft. Not only are they moving toward public involvement in releases and a more acceptable release schedule, but a better overall philosophy of community involvement and adherence to de facto web application code design standards. It seems MS got the hint from the success of Open-source frameworks and felt the need to compete. Who says Open-source competition for developers hearts and minds is not a good thing? More ⊕

Well, it looks like the boys and girls in Redmond finally saw the proverbial light.  And, even though it was a train speeding down the ruby-hued rails, could this new Model-View-Controller framework release be what ASP.net programmers need to free themselves from their repetitive spaghetti-coded nightmares?

I hope so.  Better late than never, I suppose.  I’d still like to see ORM and the other wowie-wows that Rails offers.