<< I'm curious: is there really anyone out there that is utilizing the full power of Visual Studio? >>

If there's one person out there doing that, I want to hire him/her. I suspect there are companies using all of the products, maybe even together for a single application, but one person coding in VFP, VB, VC, VJ and using all of the other tools, I dunno, maybe Rick Strahl is. :-)