Rod,

I think .NET is going to be big in web applications, that is without a doubt.

The big question is the vertical desktop markets. Most in those markets are slow to adopt new tools and tend to milk their user base with small insignificant upgrades. There is little pressure to redesign those apps to .NET.

I just purchased an app for running a cutter in a machine factory. I asked them if they planned to offer a .NET source code version which possibly could help in getting CAD data in XML format to the cutter. The answer was, 'we're looking into it'.

Well I'm not holding my breath, that's for sure!

Greg

>>>sustainable and contemporary platform <> Visual Studio .NET
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>>>It is going to be significantly revised in a couple of years, and you'll >>have the same problem as all the poor VB6 people.
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>>>If you don't want to do VFP, then let's do delphi, since MS does not offer >>any other viable alternative if you want to be sure that your application >>is going to survive the next hype.
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>>>Let's face it: .NET is not mature enough.
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>It's not mature enough in your opinion.
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>Funny in the last 2 months I have seen www.americanexpress.com and www.creditexpert.com (experian) go to ASPX files.
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>Also the US do not call list is an ASP.NET site too.
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>I think that these 3 organizations have a better view of the world than you and your narrow opinions.
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>I am not going to debate the merits of .NET with you. No matter what argument/issue people raise you simply don't hear or care to hear.
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>Rodman