>A few:
>
To give people choices, why not? <g>
>VB.Net to entice the VB people
>VB.Net to "fix" VB and do what it should've been all along (i.e. object oriented and some other stuff)
>C# to entice the enthusiasts that did not like the complexities of VC++ and pointers, memory management, garbage collection, etc.
>C# to have the opportunity to create a brand-new modern language from scratch
>VC++ for the hard-core VC++ people that want to play in the CLR and do managed code
>The capability to still do unmanaged code if you like.
>ADO.Net to do what ADO should've been all along.
>ASP.Net to do what ASP should've been from the beginning.
>A way to simplify access to WinAPI and also to get rid of DLL Hell.
>A platform for other languages to play, from 3rd party vendors, such as Eiffel, Cobol.Net, etc.
>
>And probably many more I can't think of now.
>
Alex,
Your message has given me a good vision of .NET. Now I decide to start with C# and "we'll see what happens". VFP still give me the most of possibilities (due to my knowledge of it instead others) and I like to talk the machines in VFP. For me, this situation is comparable to talk fluently antoher language than english, say french for instance, and I have to live in Bulgary for 3 years. Great adventure!
Thanks you, and thanks the UT I can decide easily where to start to walk.
Enrique
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