>>I do not want to leave the tech sections. Today I have spent almost all the time since I woke up studying .NET. I am serious about it. Why does it make sense for me to turn my back on free advice from Viv, Bonnie, Paul, Mike C. et al?
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Several of you who I respect are giving me the same advice. I am working on my problems, really, and will take the advice in the spirit in which it was intended. (Grammatically correct? Who cares). I think you already know this but I have always respected you, even though we have never agreed on a thing.