>WOW What an insightful and specific example of how WPF can improve line of business applications! Lets rushout and start replacing all those windows forms. I mean to heck with the FACT that they don’t have or need any graphic content. And to heck with the fact that it will take a HECK of a lot more time than winforms. And to Heck with the fact that they just plain old don’t load or run as fast We can make them buy New hardware we don’t have more than 20,000 or so computers anyway.
>Thiers not a single thing you’ve said that come anywhere near validating you’re point.
>And as far as windows forms are going away, What a load of *rap . How long do you think it will be before you cant run windows forms in windows ? Come on I can still run Fox 2.6 apps. I think we will be fine in our lifetime.
>Fact is just because MS pours the koolaid doesn’t mean we all have to drink it.
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>In this economy MS’s attitude of Heres our new technology that take twice the time to use as the old onejust isn’t going to cut it.
>They could do use all a favor and round file whatever their next meta data xml languages is. Make it All work in the designer.
>I think MS should look a little closer at the next Java idea they ripoff, maybe they will get it right.


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