>auto-spanning is not a high-profile (nor even common) topic outside the VFP community. Additionally, I know other VFP/.NET developers who don't feel this is a major issue - certainly not one to justify "waiting to learn .NET" or to characterize ADO.NET as being unfit for data-handling. I've done .NET applications featuring dynamic reporting, heavy data processing, and haven't felt myself in a state of developer tool poverty.
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>You're saying that if you and your friends don't see it, it doesn't matter or isn't real?

That is because that the applications where it does matter, are not written in .NET ...