Hi,
No argument with that decision. I don't know MVC well but if you do start to bring in Silverlight it should be a good fit with that pattern.
Good luck,
Viv

>I will stick to asp.net mvc for the time being, at least until I get the basic functionality in place and then I'll pimp it up.
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>I stay away from betas because I have a tendency to run into crazy situations (sometimes I feel as if Murphy's law is only about me) and would rather deal with just one set of variables.
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>Alex
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>>My 10c :
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>>Firstly the obvious one - no reason whatsover, AFAIK, to not use VS2008 over VS2005.
>>Maybe even go with 2010 - VS releases have usually proved to be (fingers-crossed) remarkably stable - and by the time your app is ready for prime time the release version should be also....
>>Secondly, again AFAIK, Silverlight has cross-browser support (IE, FireFox, Mac, etc) and the download is no more onerous than, say, Flash....
>>Thirdly, you don't neccessarily need to use Silverlight across the board - you could start with a standard ASP.NET app and use Silverlight where it made the most sense with a fall-back if you encounter problems.
>>All that said it would probably help to have a bit more information about the app you intend to develop - data storage requirements, etc....
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>>Regards,
>>Viv