Hi Terry

Don't reply to the other reply you got <vbg>

>I for one would welcome someone other than MS as the custodian of xBase - xBase has a bright future - is doing well - despite all the gas!

Why was C++ inlcuded in .net when there is C#? If I was at the helm I will not want to force each and everyone onto different (new) laguages. I want to keep the old programmers and old languages which everybody is used to, not necessary programming in.

Same goes for VFP, after all the negative publicity or lets say rumors, I wouldn't put VFP in, but I want to keep it for the same reasons of C++. I can then pull in VFP piecemeal into, so that the niche market will be canvassed then I would review VFP and it's future, in next 10-15 years time, till then give a few versions. The off-shoot is that the people who want new languages will get it, this is mostly psychological for the new breed/generation of programmers who feel self-important with knowing something new, I believe.