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@cheong/John: K, I'll back out and let those with the greater expertise handle this. Not my forte - yet Best of luck with your project!

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Good discussion.... Thanks!

@John/Scan (cheong): Isn't the question specifically with regard to (ASP.Net) Model-View-Controller (MVC) not Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)? Are we sending cheong "down the rabbit hole"

http://www.orbifold.net/default/?p=550

http://joel.inpointform.net/software-development/mvvm-vs-mvp-vs-mvc-the-differences-explained/

FYI, I recently completed a similar upgrade on a machine where someone installed 32 bit XP on a 64 bit machine. Perhaps the following anecdote is useful - or not. You be the judge.

Feeling quite clever, and not wanting to loose the configured XP development machine, I virtualized it using VMware Converter. I then did a fresh Windows 7 install and added VMware Player. I expected the virtualized XP box could be used for on-going development while the Windows 7 development environment was setup catch-as-catch-can. Sadly, Windows Product Activation (WPA) foiled the plan. We were unable to logon to the virtualized XP Box as it was seen as probably pirated software. Perhaps there was some way around the issue but I opted instead to take the hit, and setup the Windows 7 development box.

FYI, although we were unable to log on to the virtualized XP box, I found I could map its drives and gain access to its files. This was somewhat useful as (of course) I found a few things that escaped our backup.

Hope this is of some use. Best of luck with your upgrade.

@Death...

Yeah. Err... thanks?

You folks have too much time on your hands! Get back to work

Thank you! This is where my... was it Windows Live Workspaces?... files were dumped for me when it was discontinued

@Sven Groot wrote: *snip* Honestly, MS, pick a strategy and stick with it! Stop acting like a 3 year old with ADD!

Here! Here! I am increasingly reluctant to commit to or advocate MS' "new stuff". I simply don't trust its shelf life will be any greater than the carton of milk I opened last week :-/

I see my posts tend to be negative. Apologies. I have little time to participate and I tend to respond only when provoked. I honestly mean to provide constructive criticism and an honest, real-world, "one man's veiew" from down here in my trenches. I do LOVE the genuine productivity boost I get from Visual Studio, .Net, ASP.NET/IIS, et al. Office365 also seems promising. I seek products and tools to meet my real needs and I resent feeling forced down a given path. I don't own or advocate anything Apple for this very reason. If - as it seems - MS desires to model Apple, I'll continue a seemingly inexorable (but not necessarily desired) shift to Linux/Open Source solutions.

Ok, off the soap box... I return you to your regularly scheduled program... Sven! See what you made me do

I thought this was a cogent, non-bashing article that might interest others. You may disagree but it's worth a read - IMHO.

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/the-microsoft-strategy-and-how-it-is-going-to-affect-everything-20120420/

C#, PL/SQL - T-SQL, and probably JavaScript

...and PowerShell whenever I can find an excuse

... of course you could use Firefox with an Adblock plus "filter rule" to block some or all images.

I'm just say'n :-/