>Trying to narrow the focus on security does not invalidate my points...

I'm not trying to invalidate your points. I'm trying to find out how much you know about the .NET platform. To me, it looks like your knoweldge is limited to a development tool, and I don't think thats enough to go on when making an informed decision, much less pushing that decision publically.

Thats all that Steve has been getting at, if I comprehend correctly.

>Could argue either way... It is like comparing apples and oranges. I would lean toward it being a paradigm shift like 2.x to VFP...

So, whats the story you're sticking with? FoxPro2 to 3 was not a logical progression because it was a paradigm shift, but VS6 to VS.NET is a logical progression... but its still a paradigm shit?