As it was mentioned before it depends on type of the project. If you do some very specific stuff like database or hardware providers, you probably have no choice and you must go into C++ direction. If you do pretty standard stuff, which does not require very advanced functionality and access to WinAPI you probably should go with C# as there is much more samples on the web and you simply can create app faster especially, when very is extensive GUI. The third choice is that you create most of app in C# and you distinguish couple of libraries which will be done in C++. I am not going to get into "Java vs MS platform" topic as this is a religious discussion and you must choose yourself which God do you believe in :-> I wish you luck in your choices as on this stage it is like getting married :laugh:
------------------------- Adam Koszlajda