>>Trying to narrow the focus on security does not invalidate my points...
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>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.
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>Thats all that Steve has been getting at, if I comprehend correctly.
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>>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...
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>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?

Neat typo on that last word, Mike.