It does seem likely that Linq will be a major hit once the legions of MS developers are shown what it means. They say that success has many fathers but a failure is an orphan, so at that point I'm sure there will be plenty of paternity claims and attributions regarding the tremendous "innovation" Linq offers. However, I think if you consider public comments made in the last 4 years by people like YAG and Anders Hejlsberg regarding certain matters, perhaps VFP people can be allowed an occasional fatherly (or motherly?!) sense of satisfaction regarding at least one of the Linq siblings. ;-)

Glad to see you're no longer referring to them as executives or senior execs. <s>

I'm guessing you've come to a realization, by checking this site (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/default.mspx?group=A-D), and realized that Anders is a Technical Fellow at MS (a very high position), not an exec.

Aside from that, here's the most common "coming back to earth" phrase in Analysis 101: "so what?"

First, no one is denying that VFP has had 'some' impact - though I think it's been exaggerated and supplanted with the kind of emotion you're describing. But regardless, so what?

Second, is THAT what VFP people want??? Paternity claims, Facebook accounts, and moral victories of that sort? To be able to point to a .NET version and proudly state, with a tear in their eyes, that "we had something to do with that"???