Re:Just Pick One and Learn it Well (Score 1)

Programmers seem to move effortlessly from Java to C# and back, so I do not think you are in a life or death situation here. I think you will find C# has three advantages: A) the mobile/embedded version of .NET(The Compact Framework) has a commercial model much more developer friendly than the nearest equivalent for J2ME. As 'monkeyman' says "Developers, Developers, Developers!" B) Visual Studio- This is a very serious IDE- SQL is part of it now. C) C#- even with the automatic 'garbage collection' seems to run in real time applications remarkably well. My experience is pretty much limited to mobile and embedded devices (like this PXA270 http://www.applieddata.net/products_PXA270_XScale. asp ) but this may be the 'growth' application area in the future. Lawrence Ricci