What does that have to do with missing features?! Unless you're saying it is OK for NET to miss out some features because it has lots of other stuff? You missed my point. You stated that some might feel satisfaction in waiting until VFP came out. My point is that .NET is currently a much larger animal by comparison, and learning what exists at the moment can still be leveraged. LINQ will be a great addition - but there's so much more to .NET that exists right now that will be in use when VS'07 comes out.
My bottom line, and I don't know if you agree with this or not: those who have made a decision to wait to look at .NET until VS2007 comes out, are putting themselves at a disadvantage.
