Right here, in Northern California ... even looking for work!!
If you already have some programming experience, C++ is not that hard to learn.
However, I'd be very surprised if that were true. I'll put this one in the urban legend category until I hear otherwise from additional reputable sources.
I had a call with our Dutch supplier, and he told me that Microsoft is developing a successor for VBA (Visual Basic for Applications, better known as the macro recorder and editor, which can be found in almost all Microsoft and related programs)
It will be most likely based on .NET, which will go more and more in the direction of Object Oriented Programming. So multiple language are more likely to be supported than heading in the direction of just one or two languages.
Thanks all for the response! I think I can now calm down the management over here that we do not have to focus on a different programming environment