>>>>>But I felt I got hints with Win2K, and even more strongly with XP, that MS (Bill G.) was realizing that they had hit the wall with present quality/test methodologies and that changes were underway that will lead to far better accuracy/reliability/performance in the near future.
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>>>>I agree. Things were more straight forward when the paradigm "appeared" top-down. Today, PEMs and bindings allow hits from any direction. AI may offer some relief - but NI (natural intelligence:-), AWA the zany "artsy" nature of developers may mean that "bug free" is more of a spiritual quest than a tangible (obtainable) objective <g>.
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>>>I once knew a former monk in Thailand who was trying to learn VFP through transendental meditation. He was not successful and I was not surprized. <g>
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>>I think he wrote some software - but execution only occurs in a parallel universe <s>
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>Actually, he is currently developing in Visual Basic. ;)

Now thats a spiritual quest!