>I see Sedna as Microsoft's final concession, to give us some legitimacy in the VISTA environment and SednaX as being Microsoft's "over to you, community.".
Wow! We agree!
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>I don't, from what I've gleaned so far, see LINQ as anything close to 'VFP.NET' and some have suggested that LINQ isn't even that VFP-like. At this point I guess it's a bit early to know either way.
LINQ is not and will not be VFP.Net. It is the incorporation of VFP's ability to put SQL inline with other language constructs. IMO, LINQ is both better and worse than the SQL implementation in VFP.
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>Still, no matter how I look at it, VFP's future is long and strong yet. Medium/small businesses should remain a huge market (as long as North America's ultimate destination isn't trading used WalMart goods on eBay run from China) and while they are VFP will be their best bet by far.
>I see the one possible fly in the ointment (aside from everything being in China) as being Word+SQLServer becoming a viable replacement for programming in general. My bet is that this is closer than anyone thinks.
Why would that be? If that happens, even the Microsofties will be out of a job.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer