>Very well. How then do you explain the volumes of books and articles that have been on the market with respect to VB and n-tier development? There is much more work published on doing N-Tier development in other tools than in VFP.

Bigger potential market.

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>Specifcally, why does the belief exists that VFP developers have an easier time grasping this stuff? I see the work that is being done in VB, and quite frankley, I am very impressed.

I agree with you here. (Hard to believe, huh *g*). Both products can be used to produce great applications, components, etc. It really comes down to the skills of the developer...not the tool being used.

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>I reject the notion that VFP developers in some way, have an advantage, a secret weapon if you will, that other developer's don't have.

Again, I agree (wow!!! twice in one post). I've done a number of presentations for Microsoft here in SLC. Most of the attendees were VB developers. Their understanding of this stuff is everybit as good and in some cases, better than VFP people.