Although I am not a Windows developer, if I were, I would appreciate some more information as to what to expect when developing applications on W8. So far, I've only heard HTML+JS, which is great, but hopefully more information on developing for W8 will make its way soon.
I believe this to be a misunderstanding of the press out for W8. They are simply promoting the fact that you can now have HTML+JS+CSS as first-class apps. They don't seem to be deprecating support for native or .NET based development.
My impression is that the HTML/JS stuff will mainly be used for "widgets" off the home screen. I guessing its more of an iteration the ActiveDesktop/Dashboard/Sidebar type thing rather than a mainstream approach to AppDev.
Oh, and Windows has allowed you to create "HTML Applications" since IE4 came out, so it's not exactly like a new feature.
