I don't see why.  Microsoft stated from the outset that they expected to
see Win32 apps continue to be developed, IOW .Net is not a REPLACEMENT,
it's another CHOICE.

> From: "Robert Comer" 
> That's a serious problem for .NET if true...
> - Bob Comer
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:l7ufpv8ja023s7fhcom9u437jk83ttpl08{at}4ax.com...
>> They tried to PORT an existing app to .Net?   That's idiotic.   From
>> everything I've read you have to start fresh.
>> 
>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:58:28 +0100, Adam Flinton
>>  wrote in message
:
>> 
>> >Ellen K. wrote:
>> >
>> >> It was supposedly designed especially for .Net.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:11:18 -0700, Jeff Shultz

>> >> wrote in message :
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Ellen K. wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>You're inferring that the .Net platform is the
cause of their
> problems.
>> >>>>It's more likely that they're simply incompetent
and the last
> statement
>> >>>>quoted is simple blame-shifting.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>If the stuff works on the older platform and doesn't
work with the .NET
>> >>>stuff... it sounds like fault isolation, not blame shifting.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >They had an existing application (which they've retreated back to).
>> >
>> >Adam
>> 

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