I just went to a Microsoft Visual Studio.net unveiling today in Cromwell... guess I am a colossal geek :D
anyway, this is a big Integrated Developing Environment that will tie together like 20+ languages anyone is working on in one tool that uses server lists, compilers, XML support and all kinds of neat stuff. So, like my dad said, the next ten years just came knocking(actually i juiced up what he said).
Now that I know what the tool is, I just wish I knew the language to use with it...