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>>Again - what's in it for Microsoft to do this? Microsoft didn't give in to VB6 crowd (as they well shouldn't have) and they surely won't give in to the much, much smaller VFP community.
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>But VB was not canceled. Not the same thing here.
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>> But it's a hurdle that one gets over and then and only then does the benefit kick in.
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>True and hope it's fast to learn!
>But many forget the small and mom and pop companies that don't have the thousands to invest in rewriting something that work for them.
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>Like I mentioned in another thread, if they make a SP3 to support the next OS then I will make my peace(but won't like it in secret ;) )

As long as there is a company named Microsoft there will be some version of VB. When we go back to MainFrames (full cycle) it will be VB Cobal. :)