I am not so sure that the Old Republic Jedi had this right. Maybe they *thought* that midichlorians imparted Force powers, but it was actually more of a correlative effect than causative. Maybe it was even a way to insure that Anakin (who was most likely created by Sidious' former master) was chosen by the Jedi Council for training. Interesting fictional conspiracy theory...

Yes, good times! Brings back memories...

MOD PARENT UP! I totally agree with the abstraction layer strategy. It has saved my team from "improvements", deprecations, and basic changes in the development environment vendor's flavor of the week. Most of the time with commercial vendors these "improvements" are driven by the vendor's desire to sell more licenses and training.