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>The big question here is what do you really gain by doing it with .Net? You probably could've make it with VB6 or VFP. Were you able to sell it based mostly on your reputation or really because it's .Net?
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>It is pro bono work for some people that I know. I am using it as a learning tool. Quite frankley, I could write the thing in Access. Hopefully, higher ups at the bank will see it and buy it.

I don't doubt for a minute that they'll buy it if they hear it was done with .Net
It's not that they know what they buy. There's a high probability that they already got a magazine that mentioned .Net and in their heads there will be a "Yeah cool"

>These are the types of opportunities one needs to ferret out...

Many opportunities are there for the taking. It's up to us benefit from those. If you ask me I'll still seek with VFP for a while ;-)