>>>We should be able to use our favorite versions of Visual FoxPro as long as Win32 still runs, which I would guess is gonna be a long time.
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>>>I've been pretty out of the loop, but is Vista based on Win32 or something else?
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>>Good to see you posting.
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>>I don't know that Win32 is the only issue. What about successors to Vista that make VFP 9 UIs look about as high tech as dirt? Personally (YMMV) I am planning based on a 3-5 year horizon.
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>That'll be an issue for some applications.
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>But can anyone tell me whether Vista is Win32 or not? I don't know anything about it.


There are 32 bit versions and 64 bit versions. From what I have heard, the 64 bit version is crap right now, and needs a service pack or two.