>Hi Carl,
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>I think that the primary issue of concern here is MS's vision and interpretation of "Enterprise Development". What probably started out as an assault strategy on the domain of IBM, Oracle, etc. has expanded to include small and medium sized businesses. They are actually trying to sell 3-tiered solutions to ALL enterprises no matter the size or situation. I'm not making this up - there is currently an article on the MSDN site (the NT 5.0 article) which says it clear.
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I agree 100%. It's not one size fits all. Not all companies need 3 tier, particularly smaller shops. It is much faster to develop a monolithic app that fills their needs and stays within their budget.

I like MS, but i refuse to be lead around like a sheep!