>>>Have a day? Jim, what happened to interop training? How about that large group of vfp developers that don't want to do a complete rewrite??
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>>Hi Claude. I agree with your comments about this, and I agree that more needs to exist to help educate VFP developers on how to use .NET with VFP in a combined environment, just like VFP is used together with SQL Server today. I am working on some things in this area to to help VFP developers add .NET to their existing skill set rather than focusing on .NET as a replacement for VFP. It would be great to see more training on the together topic. Most companies with VFP applications I talk to are more interested in interop and slow .NET adoption adding key features like ASP.NET based web based rather than a total rewrite from scratch.
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>Hooray - a ray of sanity has shone it's way into the "they're trying to kill my beloved VFP with .NET" schmozzle!
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>I hope that there are a lot of people who, like me, have a chuckle reading these types of threads. There sure is a lot of paranoia in the VFP world.
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>If MS decides today that VFP9 is the last version of the product then I won't be rushing out to convert my VFP apps to .NET. I won't throw my VFP disks into the bin and wail inconsolably about the death of "my baby".
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>I'll continue developing with VFP for a few years, learning about .NET (and especially VFP/.NET interop) and see where the winds are blowing regarding development for the Windows platform.
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>Maybe it's my relaxed Aussie upbringing.

Sorry for the late response to this post, but I just wanted to align myself with you. I started out using Clipper Summer 87 for a lot of my applications and slowly converted them over to VFP when it became a solid, robust product - and when it was clear that DOS apps would no longer be acceptable solution.

If MS decided to discountinue VFP, I figure I still have 5 - 10 years to find a suitable replacement. There is so much in VFP that I haven't used, it will probably take me another 5 years just to become familiar with them. All the hype about .NET just doesn't faze me. Users are interested in solutions and they don't really give a crap what the solution was developed with. VFP is the fastest way I have found to deliver "solutions" to my users.