>> Granted, this is just a quote, but the CEO of a strategic
>> development partner to Microsoft restates the obvious --
>> "...it will be very expensive and time-consuming to rewrite
>> them (business applications) in .Net

Well, so much for the MS mantra about .NET increasing developer productivity by leaps and bounds. If the productivity statement held true wouldn't it be a fast conversion? Maybe I oversimplify.

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