Well, Kevin, there's lots of talk about endowing .NET with MUCH BETTER data I/O capabilities. My programming ALL involves data I/O.

Now I'll grant you that I can probably build a whole house using just a shovel. But would I want to?
I can likely build real nice .NET applications today. But why would I want to go to a whole lot of extra work to do so?... so that I can say I did it?

Naw, I continue to wait form the prime time version of .NET. You pioneers have done us all a great service. But I did my pioneering efforts way back and, frankly, I want the simpler life now. So I let folks like you do that work now, fully expecting to reap the benefits some day in the future.

Just because you *can* build nice applications now doesn't mean that the product is "good". All it proves is that it is "adequate".

cheers


><snip> .NET ain't yet - more than 3 years after release - ready for prime time.
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>I'll grant you, the original article contains some questionable conclusions. And so does the above-statement.
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>Is .NET perfect? Of course not. Can it be better? Absolutely. Is there a big learning curve? Quite often, yes. But not ready for prime time? False.
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>I've been involved with 5 different types of .NET apps in production, and a sixth by the end of the year. And I was at least a year late in getting involved with .NET. There are several shops in Philadelphia that are cranking out all sorts of .NET apps for clients across the globe...in "prime time".
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>May I suggest you and those who share this opinion venture from the safe confines of the UT FoxForum, and go up to GotDotNet or DotNetJunkies...or better yet, travel to a .NET conference or visit a .NET development shop...and make the claim that .NET isn't ready for prime time. And explain to them why you feel that way.
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>Statements that .NET isn't ready for prime-time, often mixed with references to ".NOT", are often made by those with limited experience in the tool...who still feel qualified to evaluate. Sorry Jim, but this is selective critical-thinking.
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>Kevin