>>Hi JR and all.
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>>What interests me is what are the compelling reasons to move to .Net? Is it database robustness and security? We have that already in VFP with SQL, just like .Net. Is it execution speed? Is it reduced development time? Is it o/s independence? Is it that I will be a better programmer and write better code? (Nah, on reflection it certainly can't be this one for me :).
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>>Besides the job market, which is the reason so often proferred, what are the complelling reasons to re-write apps, or write new apps, in .Net? For instance, if someones told me that my same app would run 10 times faster and be half the size, and run on Windows and Linux, and I could develop it in half the time, I would be converting right now!
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>Jos;
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>Why use Dot NET instead of VFP?
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>Simple! If you are using the Windows environment:
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>1. More jobs available.
>2. Corporate standard.
>3. Over 3000 classes for you to use.
>4. About 4000 books offered for your reading pleasure.
>5. You have had a evangelical moment and have seen the light and it was good.
>6. It is so much fun!
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>There is a lot to learn within the Dot NET environment. You will create many lines of code and this could help increase your typing speed or cripple your hands!
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Hi Tom

1&2 - are the job market reason.
3 - I dont even use everything that VFP has to offer.
4 - hmm, yeah, so much time on my hands these days ;)
5 - Yup, this might be the reason for me.
6 - Oh yes, another language to learn just in time for me to be outsourced :)

But thanks for the insights.

PS. And yes I have several .Net books, and the MS course material, and, and, and... :0