Hi Claudio:

I got your point. But there are alternatives to the MS implementation like mono and dotnet.org, remember the foundation of .NET, the CLI and CLR is a standard.

Also, something that really looks nice is to have all the Java functionality accesible through ikvm.net, actually you have a lot available and in a months you'll have all the Java power available via IKVM.net, and it will be fully opensource.

And anyway you are already in MS play yard, if like me, you use a lot VFP.

Martin




>Why do you think it is a dead end?. I believe .NET opens you the door to a lot of functionality that could be accessible using WINAPI but it is so convoluted.
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.NET has some nice features.. But, its main purpose scares me.. Only one supplier.. Only One.. This is what I call "the dead-end road"..

>.NET in the other hand gives you a lot of power in an OOP way, and looking at Microsoft Plans it is the road to the future as shown in the increased use in Windows Vista.
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Microsoft Plans.. Microsoft Plans.. Microsoft Plans.. This is "the wrong way" !!

Hey bro, "right way" pass through a road that give us all, a market full of oportunity.. Oracle, PHP, Mysql, VFP <g>, etc, etc, etc.. After all, what is the purpose?

Jobs, competition, style-of-life, oportunities, open market.. If some of this words make some sense for you.. You got my point..

If you are younger than 25y.. I'll tell a secret: "Microsoft is not a country!!" <g>