>I beg your pardon?

You may beg....< g >...

Perhaps I mis-interpreted your premise being from the standpoint of the vendor, not the customer.


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Are you implying that there are no pioneering costs to being among early adopters of unproven sotware technology?
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No... I for one have minimized those pioneering costs by waiting until the product reached its current state...

You expend money on pioneering to the extent you believe you will get the required ROI...


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Are you implying that adopting unproven software technology is likely to be profitable?
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I am not making this implication...

I don't think the underlying design of .NET is unproven. I see it as a logical progression of what has been developed...

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Are you implying that it's going to be difficult for new players to enter dot net development and that, by extension, it won't be a crowded space?
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No... I do believe that those who enter as early as possible - as early as it makes sense to do so will have an easier time in the long run than those who do not...