Craig,

You're probably right. But you try to sell that to MIS :).

Thanks.

Marc



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>I think you are fooling yourself by wanting a "Future of VFP will be...". Microsoft has already given us that. ADO is going to be big. COM is going to be big. COM+ is coming into the picture. DNA is important. MTS is viable with 6.0. Internet capabilities are increasing. Interoptability among languages is already happening.
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>When Microsoft and Fox Software merged, MSFT said "We will have common development tools among our languages". I thought "Common form, menu, report, etc. designers". But, I wasn't sure how it would work. Then I learned about ActiveX, COM, etc....and now I can see how it will happen.
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>You need to look at the technologies that Microsoft is pushing...not individual products because the technologies will be in all products. You need to be very forward thinking this way. The technologies will dictate what VFP is like in the future.