Or you could set a cap on the amount each developer spends on their tools. Say $2499 total and let each developer decide how they use the fixed resource.

Being that you are such a strong advicate of having many options.


>Hmm I choose the weapons:) Aren't you cheating a bit saying "MUST NOT USE ANY third party libraries, tools, or add-ons." and then adding "VS.NET 2005 Enterprise Architect" in the game??? Since when it's part of the framework? Isn't it a 3rd party tool???
>Since framework is freely distributable a VFP guy could decide to do asp.net and mobile part with it.
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>It's insightful that Jeff set the initial terms and essentially challenged me to a form of gambling, and no one said anything. I respond, I remove the $$$ element that would arguably not even be legally binding, I add a few terms...
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>At any rate, how am I cheating??? We're talking about "out of the box" capabilities - the production version of VS.NET 2005 that I'd be using, versus the production version of VFP9 that he'd be using.
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>Cetin, you're a sharp guy....but if you're going to accuse me of being negative, you need to "keep it real" as well.
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>Kevin