>>Absoultely false. COM+ still exists in .Net. Infact, it's based on COM+ and was originally called COM+ 2.0.

>While I know enough to believe you Craig <s>, are there any articles or docs that I can refer to on this in case they ask?

I'd also hang on the news.devx.com VB.dotnet.technical _and_ discussion groups. And subscribe to the list server. At least for a while. You'll get plenty of the downside to NET from VBer's POV.