>>Do you mean C# or C++ ? While I understand that .NET will be usable by any language via the CLR, C# is it's primary language. Yes? No?
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>I mean C++ with managed extensions...
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>>While I am using broadband at home (RR - 2MB/sec) it costs me about $57/month. Since I usually purchase a boxed set of my favorite Linux distro (Mandrake) having the download speed of RR isn't really necessary. I could drop back to a 56K modem and employ junkbuster and other filtering to kill ads and useless graphics. I'm giving it serious consideration, anyway. The fact that I just purchased a new Saturn L2 factors in too ;-)
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>I miss RR...
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>>BTW, I just heard this morning that Intel is laying off 4,000 workers because of soft sales pf computers.
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>>And, while reflecting on others comments about .NET I wondered...... If .NET is so good at allowing easy development of web based apps does that also imply that it would take fewer coders to generate the same number of .NET apps? It appears so to me. Combine that with the dot.com implosion and the resulting 90% loss of job adverts and Intel laying off 4K of 83K workers and you don't get a pretty picture. If you have a job count your blessings. If you don't, good luck.
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>Nobody is safe. And, be mindful of your thoughts. As an MSJedi paduwan, your training never ends and you will never become an MSJedi master. The darkside, diffcult to see, is...

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