>I would agree with most of your assessment (and include XML) except maybe "stay away from Microsoft altogether and learn Oracle, Java and C++ " line. Not to say these technology isn't "hot" or will be great additions to anyone's resume, I think it would be very tough to find employment with companies w/o solid education/experience in the field. In addition, it'll definely take longer to "master" or be proficient enough to be productive.
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>In terms of VFP I agree with you completely. Having been almost exclusively FP/VFP programmer (skipping DBIII+ and Clipper and few others I "played" with) for past 11 years, I've moved almost complete off to VB/ASP/MSSQL. I only use VFP now for "legacy" maintenance and as a utility tool (e.g. import/export, parsing, reporting, etc.)
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>The future of programming I think will be this:
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>1. Java (especially for non-Windows or M$ programming)
>2. C# (almost exclusively Windows/M$ programming)
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>Knowledge of one or both will be minimum requirement. One the positive side, at the both languages have similar C/C++ syntax for easier learning.
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>Thanks!
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Java yes, C# remains to be seen whether it becomes the de-facto standard for Windows/MS programming (over VC++ and VB).

If you were to look in the Boston Globe today you'd wonder if MS has ANY of the development market besides VC++!

I think I'll do a query on Monster.com to see if those results are similair.

-JT