>David
>
>>>Yep. I expect to see Robert et als dancing all around this middle-tier >>positioning. :-)
>
>Check out
>http://www.devx.com/free/hotlinks/2000/ednote092000.asp
>
>To mix metaphors: it appears that Robert Green has more than one hat.
>
>What can it all mean?!
>
>Regards
>
>JR

Robert has been a Visual Studio Product Manager for a while. Last time I asked him about it, he had responsibilities for VB, VFP, and XML. That's not to say others don't work on those too.