>I am interested to hear from forum members how important (or not) you
>think it is to be able to offer 64 bit applications vs. 32 bit currently
>(regardless of language used). Do you feel that being able to offer 64
>bit exes is important or not really an issue in the field of general
>business applications?


None whatsoever for 99.9% of all client-side database-based apps. People may use it as a sales pitch, but there are currently no plans to stop supporting 32-bit apps.