>>I guess I wasn't very clear. What I'm talking about is the projects. The >>individuals who work on the projects don't really enter into the equation. >>If project A is going to generate three times the profit of project B, the >>emphasis is going to be on project A even if project B can still turn a >>profit. The purpose of any business is not just to make a profit; it's to >>_maximize_ that profit. > >Gary, > >You've completely lost me on this one. At Microsoft poeple move between projects all the time and they always have. > Let me try again. Someone in management is moving these people from one project to another. Someone decides that this project gets 20 people, this one gets 15, another gets 18, etc. If a particular project returns a lot more profit for the amount of development man-hours that goes into it, that project is going to get more people working on it. They won't move everyone to that project because somewhere along the line you reach the point where you have too many people working on it but, in general, if you can maximize profit by taking resources from one project and moving them elsewhere, a company is going to do that. In other words, it's not just enough to make profit, you want to make the highest possible profit for the amount of resources you have. If you can only have a fixed number of developers, then you want them working on projects that provide the greatest return. If that's VFP then it's great for us. If it's something else, then VFP is going to go the way of the dodo bird even if it's turning a slight profit. Let me remind you that I'm saying this as a general principle. I have no idea what projects makes MS the most bucks but something sure is. <g> Gary J. Sibio Mr. Travel, Inc. >>> Please Mr. Gates, can we have our computers back? <<<