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----- Original Message -----
From: "John English" <je@brighton.ac.uk>
> > > themselves "what we really need is a bunch of programmers with at
> > > least 5 years experience of using C#"... ;-)

Sure, I've got years of experience with .NET and C#, it all start back when
C# was called J++ and ran on the Microsoft Virtual Machine. In fact almost
every inovation in C# was already in the non-standard J++.

> > So hire Ada programmers ;-)
>
> No, no, no... that's no good at all...
>
> ...for instance, where on earth will anyone find Microsoft-certified
> Ada programmers, for goodness sake? ;-)

If there was a buck to be made in certifing them, you bet Microsoft would be
doing it.

David Botton