>>Hi Mark,
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>>No, it's not archaic ... it's the way that a lot of people use Business Objects (I'm not one of them, but that's neither here nor there <g> ... I databind my controls to DataSets/DataTables rather than to Business Objects).
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>>So, if you're comfortable with the Business Objects methodology, there's no reason not to extend it into .NET. There's really no right/wrong way of doing this kind of stuff.
>
>Which is precisely the problem with IT. You can open the "box" - source code - and see the equivalent of a hamster in a wheel connected with duct-tape or an electric motor, but no one ever agrees that the hamster-wheel thing is wrong before it's built.

Hi Mike.

When I first saw Monty Pyton episode with Cat (!) being attached to a powerline in a place where propper electric bell should be installed, I immediatly knew something was wrong with that picture but I died laughing anyway...

For as long as your little humpster can run
steadily fast wihout loosing his breath, nobody will ever loose sleep over it. And should we really ?

What if tmrw M$ decided to plug an entire FOX under some shiny NET hood;
would you report this to oAnimalPolice.HQ or would you switch to
such (cruel) platform right away ??

Cheers :)