With Android followed by Apple in control of the mobile arena that most market experts now agree is the future for front ends, selecting a MS tool for new development today seems more like a HABIT than a response to the market. Some might consider it smart to STAY PRODUCTIVE in whatever tool is currently in use, staying in maintenance mode as long as possible until the market sorts itself out. You quoted the word "moron": who is the "moron" if they volunteer for the expense and effort of new development in 2011 if it turns out that their important market segments are indeed accelerating in a different direction? All the nastiness leveled at VFP people over the years applies equally to the moron in this case. Of course some people have little choice, but IMHO people who have been able to stay put whether in VFP or typed datasets or whatever, may have quite a lot to be pleased about- not least that when they eventually make a move to one of the new products rapidly converging on the specific points that matter, perhaps they'll feel more energized than people who have rewritten constantly for a decade only to find themselves no further ahead than the luddites they used to taunt.

Thanks for clarifying a previous point I've made - that last sentence is the smoking gun of your personal biases.

Simple fact of education - those who have been ascending learing curves in the last few years are more likely to pick up newer technologies more effectively than those who have have buried their heads in the sand. And don't think for a second that people on hiring/vendor selection teams don't factor that into their processes.