Jim,

>But the biggest question still seems to me to be 'how much of this stuff is actually "ready for prime time?"'. Sure, stuff *is* being done today, but it has to be quite rudimentary compared to what will really be required for all of this to work well. Seems to me that the VS7 announcement confirms this (and it, itself, is less than half of the battle).
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>There are still many FPx2.x applications in production (working, not necessarily being developed) and a growing number of VFP apps. And while I guess that XML really is going to take off, we all have seen our share of highly-hyped things that went the way of the dinosaur before they left infancy.

I entirely agree. That is why, i'm alway carefull and watch development from a distance. I certainly don't want to spend my precious time with something that never will be used seriously.

>For my part, I'm *trying* to stay aware of things but look for a little more tangible evidence before going much further. The latest feature of VB, for instance, have me seriously considering learning it to extensive detail while, until now, awareness was quite sufficient for me.

You're completely right. Staying aware of new technologies and wherefore you can use them is sufficient for me. If the time comes I need to use it, I'll look into it a bit deeper.

Walter,