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>(WOW, it must be a huge project to take so long.
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>18 months to learn a new tool - and to redesign a desktop app to a web-based app..... I would say that is pretty good. The assumption going on here is that there was 18 months of programming time. My guess is that a good chunk of that time was spent on analysis and design - as well as learning .NET.
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>The ultimate point - it got done - and in a relatively timely manner as well.

We did the same thing in about 6 months. We hired a C#/ASP.NET consultant to help with coding and to mentor me. Best money I've spent in a long time.