>- Iron Python (then extrapolate out to other .Net languages)
>- SQL Server - make sure you read about all editions
>- LINQ
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>>If you can draw up a list, then we can talk through that one by one.

Any reason why navision is not on the list. After all its a succesfull database product tageted at small and medium companies.. It is not for nothing that Microsoft aquired it a few years ago.

Many people could learn A LOT of how navision is built up. In fact, I DID LEARN A LOT from it.