Since the initial publication by mantiCORE Labs several companies such as Softimage and Autodesk and have recognized the relevance of .NET and have, at the end of 2006 both released products that offer some integration with .NET….it ‘only’ took them 4 years. This article has been written with three different categories of readers in mind; Developers (including script writers and plugin programmers) of DCC software products and add-on applications, managers involved in the business and the technology of software development and users of DCC software. Kick back for a long but hopefully interesting read of what the future might bring, yet also about what the future should bring.