Kevin,

>>I've read through all the messages in this thread so far (late Wednesday night) and it looks like you've created quite a stir!<

Yeah, Morgan likes to do that ... <g>

>>I know you folks (including Bonnie and Gary) have already written your own in-house framework, and based on your posts it sounds like it was a good decision for you. <

Yeah, Gary did a great job (no surprise there) ... we really *did* need to write our own, the project needed to be started as soon as it did (earlier would even have been better) and there was nothing out there at the time (this was more than a year and a half ago). Even if there was, we probably would've done it our way anyway.

>>...but I think there are several valid reasons for using a GOOD commercial framework. Here are some of the reasons people have purchased MM .NET: <

... and you make some excellent points. I agree with just about all of it, especially the "steal ideas" part. <g>

Thanks for replying Kevin ... I wondered what you'd say when you finally jumped into this thread. =)

~~Bonnie