A very good question. I will be awaiting Terry's reply. This should be good.


>>>I would have to admit that, for sure. .Net is the development umbrella for a host of MS tools. There are so many things you can do with .Net and so many areas that the whole .Net concept can evolve into.
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>>There are also a lot of things that cannot be done with .NET and a lot of markets where .NET is unsuitable.
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>This is where I become confused. Other than the data engine, what are the real differences? What are the things that cannot be done with .NET and are those markets that your talking about the small businesses? It would be nice to see a feature comparison of the two languages and the primary markets for both. Probably that information is too undefined to put into a chart though.