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>>Have you looked at Strataframe? I've watched the videos and from what little i've seen, i like it. Charles and others say good things about it from time to time, so its got me interested.
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>>What databases are you using for your apps?
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>For our first ASP.Net project we used Mere Mortals framework. That turned into a disaster and we spent a lot more time removing the framework than developing the application. That is not a put down of Mere Mortals - we used a very different way of data handling than MM was designed for. By the way, I have several MM licenses that are unused now if anyone is interested!!
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>I've never been fond of using third party frameworks because I hate to get dependant on them. Now all our .NET development is done w/o third party frameworks (we do use some 3rd party controls - very sparingly).
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>Any development I initiate is strictly SQL Server. It is powerful, bulletproof, fast, and very easy to work with, scalable, and free or inexpensive depending on needs.
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>Of late I've been stuck on an Oracle based project (not by choice) - luckily tomorrow is my last day for that!

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.