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>[ ...and GMRider added: ] Jumping in totally uninvited (but fascinated by the thread...) what gives you the idea that VB is certain to survive any amount of time as compared to any other product that M$ produces? Do we have to drag out the extensive list of products that M$ marketed quite strongly only to kill off without regard to the marketplace? Not that Microsoft is by any means the only one guilty of this if indeed guilt is applicable...
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>In my humble opinion - they could kill VFP tonight and I still could make a good living for the next several years while I shifted to next great thing - which would NOT be VB btw...,


Like who's going to make an easier transition to Java: the VB programmer or the O-O VFP programmer? I'm not worried either. I'm concentrating on good relational and O-O design. That's not going to be replaced anytime soon!

Peter Robinson