>>Might change somewhat if the VB'ers abandon VB.Net for some of the other offerings.... (like VFP 7.0).....
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>VBers will abandon VB for something that is hotter than VFP. That would be Delphi or C#.

You're right, Craig, but there are more options. It's just that the VB crowd was pushed as hard into considering options as they have been recently.

I think they will opt for a cross platform tool to leverage the applicability of their skill set, and avoid getting into a single vendor propritary trap again. I see Java taking up a large part of the slack, since it is more platform and vendor independent than many other tools.

We won't know until the middle of the fall, or the end of the year, if Delphi6+ and/or Kylix will attract the ex VBers (or any others!). A key issue is the back end, and how seamlessly it connects to the GUI front end. Drivers for Oracle and the other major back ends will be present, but I am not sure they will be in the less expensive versions. And, will they be smooth and easy to use? Time will tell.

That's why VBers could do a lot worse than VFP7, and they won't get sucked into developing for the .NET, which I think will be a failure, despite Gates Billions(tm).