>To amplify my original statement, I hope Mr. Berst means dBASE as a tool and not xBASE as a language -else- it's a doggone ignorant statement. Thats like saying BASIC is dead and ignoring VB. I happen to love xBASE as the glue to hold development projects together and no-one has ever been able to qualify to my satisfaction any inherent benefit to BASIC vs. xBASE language bases.

John,

Basic is and has always been the preferred language of Mr. Bill Gates no? How convincing can an argument be? :)

Marc