>What rationale are you using to base this conclusion - that frameworks will necessarily take the form of application generators?

Instinct.

>How do you define "everyone"? And, where as "everyone" said this? FWIW, 2 years *is* the far future as far as the technical world is concerned..

Ok, maybe not everyone, but I was hoping to communicate that I realize this is not a new concept and even though it has probably been promised to developers for some 50 years, I'm still excited by the possibilities that VS.NET brings to non developers.