>>>>>What is .NET? What is MS's .NET pitch? Does the campaign float words like robust and scalable, or is there something plain enough - in a single sentence - that would convince me to buy it?
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>>>>I know you're trying to say something, but what? :)
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>>>What's the "sweat-shirt" pitch .NET / C# are being marketed with. Surely (don't call me Shirely:) it has to be something more than "VFP is dying, so switch to C#!", or "We have found, through internal case studies, that all those ex-VB benchies prefer C# seminars and MS buffets in Redmond to "buy your own lunch" styled VFP boot camps in Denver!".
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>>>"C# adds girth!"
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>>>"Girls prefer guys who code in C#!"
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>>>"C# is better than Viagra!"
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>>>Whats the one liner (I'm serious) MS pitches C# with?
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>>"The final version of dot net will have a dot prompt"
>You probably remember metal icetrays and full service gas stations too!:-)

It is against the law for an individual who is not an employee of the gasoline station selling gasoline, to pump it in the state of Oregon. Can you imagine – they even check oil, etc.? This reminds me of 1972 and before.