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>Would you not agree that Java is the programming language of the web and therefore the programming language of the future?

No, I won't agree with that. Twenty years ago I was told that Cobol was dead. I don't put much stock in Java.

>Yes VB has a presence in the web development market but it pales in comparison to Java's.

>VFP has very little if any presence in the web development market and certainly very little marketability as a web development tool/language.

IMO, you'll see more VFP coming in the future. It makes a terrific middle-tier and will be even better now that 7.0 has support for more COM+ services.

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>I guess you're saying there's a shift in this movement. I hope you're right. I know that my company owns software written in VFP, PB/Oracle and VB but they're looking at their next generation web suite as a Java solution. All non-Java web development is in VB but is not being touted as next generation nor will it be promoted as such. The VFP and PB apps are either being converted to VB or phased out as legacy apps (in the case of VFP).

My condolences. Sounds like you have management that wants to be on the "bandwagon" but not do what makes the most sense. JavaBeans and CORBA just don't make sense to me in the middle-tier. On the other hand, COM+ makes much more sense.

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>All I see in the paper for web development positions are listings for Java, C++ and Oracle developers with a few VB.

Entirely different here. I've noticed over the years that this stuff is very regional. You can't make a judgement on your local want ads.

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>What a confusing time for a programmer!

Nope. Emphasize what you know as your core and then start branching out into other areas.

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>Regards,
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>-JT