Brian,

>With the addition of LINQ to the .net framwork why would you need / want to use this?
>Spend the extra time and just learn C# or VB.NET.

First of all, LINQ is not there yet. Second there are major differences between LINQ and the xBase methodology of handling data. xBase has been there for more than 20 years, LINQ is not even here yet.

The general perception of this is that when it comes to processing data in .NET, .NET is still its infancy.

Walter,