>While some believe Microsoft's Visual FoxPro -- a relational database with an >object-oriented programming environment -- can already do much of what a new >programming language would do, Schmelzer said Microsoft may want to use a new >language as a way to expand its developer base. > >"The question is, is Microsoft going after a new developer audience, and do they >want to turn some business analysts into XML developers? FoxPro would be great for >some of this," said Schmelzer, "but there's a limited universe of [FoxPro >developers], and maybe an X# would be embedded with all its products." >>