David,

>>>If 'hundreds' of Fox jobs never make it to web sites, then neither do thousands of VB and bazillions of Java jobs.
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>>>You are correct !!!!!!
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>>That still does not mean that Fox is dead, just that there is a bigger demand for VB and java.
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>Craig,
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>You have a valid point. There is no question that VB and Java are in huge demand, but this does not dictate whether or not the products with lower market share will fail. If this was the case, Burger King and Mcdonalds would be the only restaurants to serve burgers and be successful at it. As we all know, there are plenty of small but successful burger restaurants besides Burger King/Mcdonalds. The other Burger restaurants may have much smaller market shares, but this does not make them unsuccessful. The key is whether the restaurants have enough customers to meet their bottom line and financial goals.
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>Dave

Bingo!

As long as Fox programmers are still 'out there' there will be work.

What I have gained from these posts is that there is more of a lack of properly skilled programmers rather than available work.

From my perspective that equates to market demand and higher consulting fees, not the dissipation of marketshare.

Or perhaps we should say that market share is diminishing for lack of talent, not opportunity.