>> One has to wonder if Claim Verification Inc. is aware of Mr.
>> Blankenship’s desire to sully the reputation of anyone that disagrees
>> with him, or perish the thought, posts some negative criticism.

If you could only knew the environment of this company ... the complete ignorance of your statement would astound even you ... here you go ...

No sir ... I don't think you've gotten anything right yet ... which makes your attack even sadder (since you have belittled yourself with your own inconsiderate responses ... you quote a wise man but you don't exhibit actions that indicate you've learned anything from him):

1. I declared my decision to learn .NET. ... I didn't declare that all of my company's development is now basing its business on .NET. It is not ... it is based on VFP as a client and SQL Server 2000 as a back end ... a stunningly stable development environment ...that will work for the next decade.
2. I announced I thought the concept of factoring out the functionality from a myriad of languages into a common object nest was a good idea ... not that in any way the processing is efficient … YET.
3. I stated that I thought C# is the way to go and was developing a web site that documented my trials and tribulations learning this language.
4. I invited anyone who wants to follow along in my learning adventure to visit my site and make constructive comments (this was implied but ... now that I know that YOU are in the audience I guess I should have spelled this out). I’m curious, does a response like that make you feel intelligent and wise … I have news for you … you achieved the opposite … unfortunate for you.

Continuing on … for this, you brazenly brand me a FOOL (with your Lincoln quote) and hang that sign around my neck. If offering to help people learn C# for free is foolish in nature then I will wear a sign around my neck that says "FOOL" ... and do it with honor.

Pray tell, what does the sign around your neck say?

I don't need to know you in order to form an opinion about your character when you are as brazen and inconsiderate as this. Maybe you just had a bad day ... I'll give you the benefit of a doubt.

It is time to learn this paradigm ... I need to teach myself (in order to preserve my own revenue stream) ... I don't see the need to waste that effort on myself alone. I do see a need to help others down this treacherous path ... you yourself said it has a daunting learning curve. All I want to do is help current friends (not to mention those I have yet to make) work through the problems I'm working through now.

What, in a concise, intelligent, cogent, properly punctuated and grammatically correct answer, is your problem with that?

Respectfully,

CTBlankenship