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I'm estimating here based on discussions with lots of people. I'm still waiting for your case studies. But, an average developer will learn .NET in a year or year and a half. An advanced developer could probably do it in 6 months. A month? Dunno, thats optimistic. I suppose it could be done, but thats hardly desirable.
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As long as you admit it is possible, that is all I was looking for...

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Go to Barnes and Noble. 75% of teh .NET books still on the shelf are for Beta. Training CDs? Designed during the beta.
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Ok... that is not to say there is still some value. Of course, 90% of tech books are crap anyway. .NET is not unique in that respect..

>For some reason the tourtise and the hare comes to mind.

The hare in the fable was not prudent; that is the wild card.


>Its called a balancing act, John. Most of life works this way.

I don't need lessons in life from you Mike... As far as the balancing act is concerned, I think you are trying to tilt things too far to one side.

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Learning new things is a great idea. Racing to learn new things is dangerous.
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Racing to learn new things is dangerous? Priceless.... Then I guess you, Steve and others don't think it is a good idea that MS/Advisor have decided on having .NET sessions at Devcon??? Or, is that a bad idea too???

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I don't base the future on conference sessions. I prefer a more reality based approach.
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The devcon sessions are real...can't get much more real than that...