>>As for DotNet doing desktop apps. Yes, it can, and rather splendidly, too. But there's a lot of overhead, IMO. <<
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>You're probably quite right. Using the "Performance Monitor" under W2000 (with .NET installed), one finds completely new categories of performance measurements dedicated to .NET and its various OS Hooks. It's like a BORG graft.

Interesting choice of words: 'BORG". You know, of course, that in Penquin Land the borg are portrayed by an image of Gates modified to look like Locutus. :)