Personally, I plan to continue to use VFP until something better comes along. VFP works VERY well when used in conjunction with backends like SQL, SQL Express Oracle, MySQL, etc. Indeed, because of VFP's speed, many developers (myself included) prefer to use VFP for the middle tier, even when using a dot Net front end. The only real worry is if MS decides to create an operating system that will not support 32 bit apps. The lesson they are learning with Vista should prevent this. (Vista sales are in the basement - there is really no business case for anyone to go and buy the "upgrade" from XP.) If MS creates an operating system that does not support 32 bit apps, it is unlikely that anyone will buy it. It would simply break too many mission critical apps.
VFP runs well in a Windows Server environment, so you will probably find that people will continue to use VFP for middleware. I do not see MS changing Windows Server to the point where it would not run a 32 bit app. Again, this would break too many mission critical apps. Their customers would flee.
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On a personal note, if you are a young developer (or even if, like me, you can no longer be called young) you need to learn new languages.
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