That is this kind of response I expect to see in this thread :)
(This message is also for Martin)

The name calling and fight part are really not necessary, but the 'passion' is welcome!!


>Gerald,
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>>But the general tone of this entire thread (no passion, no fight, no name calling) seems to indicate that a large part of the lurkers share this point of view.
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>Just because someone has not posted a response yet should not mean that they share the same interpretation of "black box = death." :-)
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>>Or they simply adopt a wait and see position?
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>I'm watching and listening (and have been for months), and the events seem to playing out as I have expected related to whether there will be a version called 10.0. However, I am delighted to hear that the plans for future enhancements to VFP will be significant (beyond a service pack) and will relate directly to how VFP may be able to interoperate with other technologies (including new features in Longhorn like Avalon).
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>The usefulness of VFP many years from now will depend on many factors, but it sounds like the VFP Team is trying to provide a path of enhancement that will help us work around a few of the upcoming roadblocks as gracefully as possible without hitting a complete deadend any time soon.
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>I expect to be running VFP code for a long, long time, and look forward to hearing more details on June 1.