>What do you think are the odds of .NET flopping?

Personally, I think it won't but by 2010, it'll go away. MS changes so fast things they are implementing, and sometimes, it is extremely difficult for us to follow as well. But, in overall, there's more security in that to invest, as this is what everyone/a lot of companies are doing so it'd be a good choice to consider, among other skills as well. But, despite all that, VFP is still there today after close to 17 years now. Promises of great content is also/was shown about VFP 9.0. So, we're still looking good. And, while we're still looking good, anything can happen.