Yes, been getting WDJ for years, although recenmtly switched to getting it from a UK distributor so that I avoided the torrent of 'renew now' flyers that seem to start on month 6, when really they should start on month 11, 1 month before I'm due to have the subscription expire. MSDN was better without MIND content, when it was just MSJ. MSDN is worth it for Matt Pietrek, John Robbins, Jeff Richter and Paul DiLascia. Dr Dobbs is good, if only to read Swaine. Linux Journal is good too, but not much use if you are into windows. Stephen

It works OK until your program relies on more memory than is physically available. After that point every pass the garbage collector makes of your memory you swap every page in the programs memory space. Performance suffers, badly. Its the one thing the vendors don't comment on. Its one reason why large programs (such as CAD and GIS programs) will never get done in C# or Java. Re: All the fuss about should I go .Net or not? Depends on if you are writing very large apps or not. If you are, then beware garbage collection. Stephen