>>>>>>>>So how does .NET differ from, say, VFP ?
>>>>>>>It's in the philosophy of application. Either local compute, storage, communication, or remote.
>>>>>>So how do they differ ?
>>>>>>The same choices are available for both platforms.
>>>>>Look ahead, Viv. It's in .NET's design. If you can't see it ... I can't help you.
>>>>Why not?
>>>It's one of those things you either see and understand, or not.
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>>And there was me thinking that the idea of UT was that people who understand things can explain them to people who do not :-{
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>It works sometimes. Not always. "There are none so blind as those who will not see."

Ah well. I've only been using .NET for 10 years - guess I don't know it well enough.
Perhaps you can give me an example of one think that .NET forces you to do that VFP does not ?