>In this case, the choice would be more or less clear. But what I'm getting at, and what I think .NET is trying to address, is that if we can put infrastructure in place that makes it easy to create n-tier, scalable applications, this is a business decision we won't have to make. We'll be building everything so that we can flip a switch and put it on the web.
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Yes, I think that is what .Net is trying to do. However, you glossed over what would otherwise be a fairly significant point. The fact is, the example I gave reflects reality. These are the decsions that most managers are faced with.