Hi Mike ---

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>Those VFPers that gain some insight into the future and come away from this deciding that they're going to continue to work in VFP but at the same time learn some other tools or decide to learn how to use VFP in conjunction with the other tools in VS will be the winners.

I really don't think that there are that many VFP people (maybe FP people) who haven't had to learn at least one other tool or, at least, learn certain techniques and standards that would apply should such a need to switch toolsets apply.

Also, any type of client-server requires the need to understand a server database. IMHO, strong SQL Server or Oracle skills may be more desirable short-term for VFP developers than VB or VC. Average DBAs get paid a heck of a lot better than average VB developers.