>Wow you do know a lot of nice acronyms :)
I used to have some for pets, but they kept getting out - so now I nly show them when they come by to visit.

>Are you not also a MS affilated janitor? VFP is a M$ product also.
My clients don't know or care what tools I use - and the tools are not always VFP or M$!

>I have never thought of myself as a janitor before but that is OK.
I remember a line from the right stuff: "They want to send a man to do a monkey's job".

>I have always thought of myself as a servant. I serve solutions to others.
We have custodial obligations to be sure - but another way to view our professional relations are as a partnership. A servant cannot survive without a master - a master can survive without a servant - partnerships imply the continued survival of all principals.

I am saying - don't let these marketing tactics out of Redmond allow you to be cast as a M$ repairman or the M$ guy! Stay independent in thought and deed.