<p>I've read all the marketing speak about how mvc and webforms are complementary etc... </p>

<p>However it seems that all the blogs talk about is mvc and the only news coming out is about mvc. </p>

<p>Is Microsoft going to continue to IMPROVE webforms as a first class citizen or will it just be a supported technology as they move all their real efforts, developers and resources to mvc over time?</p>

<p>Is there any real evidence of any new exciting improvements coming to webforms in the near future?</p>

I was at a conference (Remix 08) and Scott Gu said they will definatly be continuing to support both methods and that MVC was not appropriate for every application. Scott said there were a number of coming improvements for web forms model (although didnt say what they were).
The web forms model will not disapear because:
Web forms model is better for some types of applications, e.g. small apps, those requiring long processes that make use of view state useful
Many applications are using it
Many third party components developed for it
ASP.net implementation is not mature yet (although does seem pretty good so far)
Microsoft will probably announce a number of new features in PDC in a few weeks time.