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>If .NET is cumbersome or doesn't really take off, then I'll have to abandon MS for J2EE - now THAT is where you'll find some respect!
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>Regards,
>
>-JT

I'm predicting .NET is a big flop.

Better get up to speed in Java2 then!
(While your at it check out Linux! SuSE 7.1 is a great distro! And, IBM's Visual Age for Java 3.02 is an excellent GUI RAD. It looks, feels and runs the same way in both WinXX and Linux! :-)
JLK