1. I dpoubt seriously there is any chance of such a MS annouoncement. And lessening of VFP use will come from lack of interest in the developer arena IMHO.

2. Your plan outline below is exactly the same as the one I am following at present, so it cannot be all bad! <eg>



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>Well, that' skind of why I asked. <g> I suppose if MSFT suddenly announced the end of VFP I still think we'd have a few years of transition time.
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>Now, let me quickly remind everyone that the folks at MSFT have announced they are already working on VFP8, which should continue the great work they are doing now.
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>In my own case, and since it's only fair I also answer the same question I asked you <g>, I'd most likely immediately start learning the following products.
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>1) SQL Server - Why> Money, leveraging current knowledge.
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>2) Oracle - Not for the interface <g> but for the $$ & leverage of knowledge.
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>3) VB - Why not? Strength in numbers. OK product but lacking local data management strengths of VFP.
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>4) Delphi/Kylix - Investment in the future on the desktop.
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>Essentially leverage 16+ years of desktop data management.