>As you can probably tell, I think the idea that merging these two products is (nothing personal) absurd. There's too many differences between the languages, and why would MS take either product and merge them? What possible benefit would MS have in doing so?

For improving Visual Basic? hehe!

IMHO, at the present moment I'm fully agree with you both products don't are more tightened that fitted on the same CD box, by now it's the only coincidence they have.

>>More seriously, though, this only adds fuel to my suspicion that some day, possibly sooner than later, there will be a Visual FoxBasic or, more aptly, a convergence of VB and VFP.

I expect later, perhaps woul be better a Visual FoxDelphi.