>>then for .NET to be as successful as some pundits predict, then the world needs to be developing new systems at the rate they were being developed through the 1990's and, guess what, that's not exactly a sure bet. I just don't see this happening, at least not in the developed world at least, certainly not in rich Western countries.
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>>But of course I could be wrong...
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>You're not.

Eric;

I also enjoy "faith in the system"!

Tom