>>Well, the more I look at it, the more I'm convinced we are simply being shifted to .Net in a painless manor.
>>All these .Net features/toolkits that we are encouraged to use etc etc.
>>Version 8 seems to be coming along pretty fast, I wonder how many more versions they will produce?
>>Kev
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>How many more versions? Good question. I'm resigned that I will have to change programming languages for the next iteration of my application. I'm looking at Java, Delphi/Kylix, and .NET. So, here I sit, not happy at M$ because they are forcing a change that is primarily to their benefit and when a vendor does that it sours the relationship.

Exactly, I feel MS would have a hard time convincing people here that you can be more productive with using .Net for DB's, with minimal learning.

>In a way I feel sorry for Ken Levy, having to spout half truths and beat around the bush in ways that are just so transparent. If M$ had a real dumbbell in that position who believed everything he was told to say, at least the poor sop could sleep well at night.

The minute I heard they were only interested in the current user-base brought it home to me, we are being fattened up for the kill, how fat we will be when we're killed, I don't know :)

Kev