>A conspiracy buff might suspect Bill Gates is secretly paying off Wang to kill the competition (smile).

I ain't smiling. It may be true. Now if I can just get rid of the aliens who are beaming death rays at my bedroom.
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>I have been programming in Clipper since the Autumn'86 version. I fear the future does not rest with VFP either, but I wish it would. Do my fellow ex-Clippies see a future for VFP? I hope so, but I am taking Oracle classes (no smile).

Oracle is too mainframe for me. I think VFP has a better shot at imortality, especially when combined with some knowledge of the rest of the Studio suite. But if you really want longevity, learn VC. It's the new Assembler. (Your remember assembled, where you could write working applications in less than 64k).

regards,