>What are the long term implications for products like SQL Server.
>(Will we want to bother with it if we can handle all our users on the one server)

I think MS bought Metaframe (the orig. term serv. product) in order to squash the possibility of net appliances eating into it's market share.

My cousin's experienced with it and he says that if the app has too many graphics it takes a while for screen refreshes. I've heard that vfp has some simmilar problems with it.

>How many of you are convinced that the technology will move this way.

I'm convinced that the technology will keep running in circles:

60's Mainframes + Terminals + long word cpus
70's 4 bit cpu introduced.
80's Standalone microcomputers.
90's Networks (server based data).
95's Internet (see 60's)
95's Long word cpus (32-64 bits)
2000's Terminal server (see 60's again).
2010 Microsoft "invents" the Turing machine (with a cool name, of course).

Alex