Does Anyone Still Prefer N-Tier Architecture After Having Shipped an MVC Application?

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Published on 2010-05-19T14:46:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 14:50 UTC
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Other SO threads have asked people if they prefer N-Tier or MVC architecture.
I'm not looking to continue that debate on this thread.
I'm looking for something more specific.

My Question:

Does Anyone Still Prefer N-Tier Architecture After Having Shipped an MVC Application?

Reason for My Question:

Before I shipped an MVC web application, I wasn't convinced that it was superior to N-Tier Architecture.
- Specifically, if better unit testing was the only obvious benefit of MVC, then I saw no reason to switch gears and adopt a new architecture.
But after having shipped an MVC application, I can see many benefits (which have been enumerated on other threads).

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