>AFAIK, they won't add any new functionality other than offering the possibility of running in .NET.

Taking a look at Etecnologia's product so far will make you think again about the statement above. They definitely add new func. Read the November newsletters of them.

About the rest of your message: Well, it is not clear to me you could deduce so much info about me and my intentions from so little text. But I think you're right in that for most of us it will be important to learn also one of Microsoft's .Net-languages next to using a Guineu or Etec-product.