>>>I find it amusing that so many people seem so threatened by what is just empirically good advice.
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>OK, can you give me a few sample people or message id#s where people act threatened rather than bored?

I'm starting to get the impression that some of this "good advice" is all about buying into their ".NET tools/courseware", or trying to get others to validate their decisions.

My "advice" is, if one is going to learn .NET, they'd be better served learning the unadulterated stuff first as opposed to hiding behind a "framework" (or whatever).

Odds are, the next ".NET employer" (if you're not doing this on your own) will have little interest in "your favorite framework/tool" (since they may have their own), or exclude you because you don't know the basics and can't program in "raw mode".

I'm sure there will be more .NET frameworks in the future, but it will be from outfits with a lot more resources (and expertise in .NET) than ex-VFP coders tinkering away in their spare time.