>>JavaScript will do all that you can do with VB.NET or C# - and that is what most of the world is using. It's free and it works on LINUX and MAC and WIN systems.
I meant both - Even JS has an amazing ability to create an object (in script) that presents like an object with a CLSID. Java and JSP and Apache ar free

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>Maybe 90% of the market does not need the full and expensive version of M$SQL Server, but for that 90% of the market M$ is giving away MSDE/SSE. There are also a dozen (or more) other database servers available for free.

Great - just what I want to be - an MS affilated "MSDE/SSE" janitor! Can I wear my nametag on my tie? I find that if I am fortunate to sell my services verses my expertise with a tool - that clients will not shop for another "janitor" to replace me!

All those NET MSE/EEE SQL enterprise infrastructure jobs are going to go to eurasia. the developers are smart - well educated - competitive and have 1000's of years of culture to stand on. American developers - other than help desk or custodial jobs cannot compete - though I have recieved RFIs from shops in India. And they're getting better.

There is not much left here - JPL (for now)- NASA (for now) - Hollywood (i wish) - Wal Mart - Is MS realy here - TV camereas pointing at "flashlights" in coffee cafe trash bins - that aruba thingie ma bob is still tickling someones funny bone while they chomp a bucket of nuggets and sauce down.

What to do - What to do - be a software janitor (with a "proud" MS Certification blazened on my pen protector - or kick some arse? Thats the only question?

Don't buy into corporate slogans - go where the thrills are - I can only hope it's not a corner office or a van down by the river!!