>Well, the thing is that VFP9 is COMPLETE, there is practically nothing to add to it. VFP9 is an adult, and does not need its mother anymore. And since .NET is far from complete, Microsoft decided to transfer most of its VFP team to the .NET team. The .NET team clearly needed some bright heads! :-)
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>VFP9 will fill my needs for the next 50-100 years.
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>Question - did you mean this to be funny, or are you serious? Didn't want to reply if this was just a shtick. <s>

As I usually do, I added a smiley after the single sentence where I meant to be funny.