> I downloaded Visual J++ from the MS site and said its time to learn this > #$@# since everyone else is saying the web is the place for development > applications of the future. Now not knowing C++ the syntax is of course > greek to start with and then there is no real tables, you 've got to use > DAO's. After an hour of messing with this I stopped. Why is it that > everyone is so fascinated with trying to make web operating system based > applications?? Now don't say platform independence because for those few > Mac users out there there is VFP for the Mac. And don't say anything about > thin clients because with the 20+MB browsers and between javascript and > vbscript the clients on the web are not that much thinner than a well > designed c/s application. So why are we having to reinvent the wheel to > satisfy the web hysteria. Don't get me wrong, the web is a crucial part of > future applications, but why does it have to be the operating system. For > now Visual J++ will sit on the shelf. There are two aspects of this technology that you omitted: 1) you won't have to worry about shipping updates to your app -- the customer will always be running the most current version. Yes, this is an aspect of it being a thin client, but you seemed to omit it. And, IMHO, it's the most important aspect. 2) There's lots of money to be made for consultants. The amount of work that is currently available is akin to the amount of work that will be available in about 2.25 years. IMHO. /Paul