>Ed,
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>Football question for you, since your a Pats fan. Out here they've been talking about the possible scenarios if LA doesn't get the expansion team, which is highly likely now. One of the hot topics on sports talk is that the NFL would be more likely to award the expansion team to Houston if an existing team was to relocate to LA.
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>After their failed attempt at Conn., the Pats are usually mentioned at this point. Are they locked in long term to Foxboro now, or might they possibly make the move?
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From what I understand, they'd accepted a commitment from the People Republic of Taxachussets to have a new stadium built when they backed out of the deal in Hartford; I think they had to commit for at least a couple of years beyond the estimated completion date of the stadium (sometime in 2001-2002.) I don't know what promises were made, or if hostages were exchanged, but Houston would have to offer a pretty big market to get them to give up on an NFL team anywhere in New England.

>PF
> Then again, I'm also a New England Patriots fan...
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>>Also, there are VB examples of TAPI code in both C++ and VB, so it's that much easier to make the transition.