Has anyone been involved in a large .net installation?

[gitmo]

Good luck.

Thanks. I've read the benchmarks, the .net Pet Store stuff, etc. But I was hoping for some real-life experiences from folks who aren't on the MS case study list. Our IS group seems equally divided on the advantages of one over the other. It boils down to two issues: cost and risk. I was hoping to get some ideas of what the risk really is in today's world.

[bobwoodard]

I am trying to find some examples of large implementations of .net development.

What aspect of .NET are you talking about? Server side, client side, or both?

[bobwoodard]

Doh, I should finish reading through the posts first! 8-)

[Bush2000]

Today I saw a truck with an "Eiffel" (sp?) sticker. I yelled, ".NET?", and he nodded, "Yep. Can ya believe it?" I don’t know if he really is using Eiffel, but the sticker was cool. It went to show that .NET isn't a single language like Java and J2EE is. So far, there are over a dozen languages available for it, and most are NOT from Microsoft! And yeah, LibertineR is the first COBOLer I have heard of. COBOL on a new platform is way cool! Try that one, Sun!

Quite a change from Harr's "one-size-fits-all-Mao-jacket" world...

And, no Harr, I won't be giving you detiails on our implementation. You'll just have to wait for the press release like everyone else. Besides, Harr, you work for a competitor to my company, so why give you inside info?

With competitors like him, I predict that you've got it made... ;-p

[PatrioticAmerican]

"With competitors like him, I predict that you've got it made... ;-p "

No kidding. I just met with a $4B company that seriously looked at J2EE and .NET. Several companies, including Sun and Microsoft, were allowed a dog-n-pony. .NET won hands down. My job was to secure the account for implementation and now to create the solution. Selling .NET was the easy part. Next Monday I have a meeting with a Fortune 500 financial services company. They also are seriously interested in .NET. They have used Oracle Financials and SAP. They would like a home grown solution to actually make things work they way they want them to, and to reduce their total costs. Well see, but the serious intent is there, and in no small part to .NET's intrinsic capabilities. J2EE is a viable technology, but to put down .NET makes my job a whole lot easier; less competition.