Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote in a message to Mats Wallin:

  > Or am I completely wrong when I thought that most new
  > applications that are developed today, uses some type of
  > application framework, such as MFC, OWL, etc.?

 JdBP>   In my experience, you are wrong.  The job adverts may
 JdBP> require skills in   various class libraries, but when it
 JdBP> comes down to the actual   applications that require
 JdBP> programmers to write/maintain them, they are   almost always
 JdBP> written directly to the API.

This is certainly not what goes on over here.  Only the most critical mass
market applications are written directly to the API, since they might
warrant the investment.  The vast majority of programs written are for
in-house use or for vertical market resale, and these all tend to be done
using application frameworks.  This cost and time advantage is the same
reason that rapid application development has caught on so well here, using
tools such as Borland's Delphi and Microsoft's Visual BASIC.
 
-- Mike


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