>When Steve Linux=AL KADA" Balmer gets the boot - understanding that everything MSFT has marketed since he took the helm makes the Titanic look like a successful crossing, what are the odds that MS will go back to it's roots and hopeful return to manufacturing Fox Pro.

Maybe Bill Gates needs to come back to change the company's direction as he did at least twice before to graphical user interface and to embrace internet.

The ipad may be the beginning of a very important platform shift, similar to the minicomputer vs mainframe and later microcomputers vs minicomputers. Remember that Ken Olsen said about who would want a personal computer in his home. Windows as it is is too heavy to run on a tablet. Also it really needs a keyboard an mouse, not just fingers. This is really a tricky time for MS.

As far as VFP coming back, I wish, but it doesn't Address the tablet challenge.