>Morgan,
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>Frameworks, like MM are needed because the .NET Framework doesn't and probably never will have all the abstractions needed by real world applications.
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Did you even read any of the other posts or even the original message all the way through?


>The .NET Framework is a great low level framework for implementing applications. However, the .NET Framework has no concept of a business object or a business rule. These are higher level abstractions that Microsoft, and others, say an application needs but the .Net Framework provides no structure for creating them. MM provides a framework for building these types of objects and using them to build applications.
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>Computer programming is all about creating higher abstractions to accomplish more with less effort. If we take your arguments to the extreme why aren't you coding in IL? Thats were all the real work gets done.
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You seem to be totally missing my point. I never said that you didn't need a framework. My whole premise is that in large scale applications that will be used for a while, the benefits of building your own framework outweight the benefits of purchasing one. That was my whole premise, and question I was seeing how people weighted in on it. But your right, I could start writing 1's and 0's and see if I can more fully featured then MM. <g>.

Morgan