I'm doing some training on Microsoft's SQL Server Reporting Services and it looks like it's going to kick Crystal Reports square in the Jimmie's. How many people have you worked have encountered this scenario:
Project Manager: “Hey, do you have any Crystal experience?”
Me: “Crystal, what's that?”
Project Manager: “You know, the reporting application”
Me: “Um-mm, no. But if you want I could right you an application that generates XML files from queries, that are then rendered into SVG doc's”
Project Manager: “Damn, Gerety always wants to use SVG, I'll go try Clark.”
It's very nice, integrated into Visual Studio.NET and now I'll be happy to put something like this on my skill set (of course, after I implement a world-wide reporting application). Check it out.