>>Why don't both of you accept the fact that Tom perfectly loves fish and Jerry perfectly loves cheese?
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>I think you totally skimmed over Steve's point.
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>If John comes to the UT with stone tablets in his arms and says "Thou shalt learn .NET at great costs to oneself", there should be some debate as to whether or not this is good advice. The opinions aren't what matter, its the evidence and arguments behind those opinions.

The problem is, who will be the judge to tell us that the evidences presented are acceptable or not? None. You may see it acceptable but to some it's not.

Actually JVP's preachings and advises re: .Net helped me think different today not during VB6 and VFP6. It doesn't mean though that I totally based my decisions on it. Just mere added flavor of what I have in mind. In fact he was the first one I know who have reservations regarding .Net.

Let's say 50% of John's advices are flawed, meaning totally unacceptable, then carefully I need to consider the other 50%.