>When you don't have to worry about money anylonger, the only thing that matters is your reputation. There is no way dotnet will not succeed (no matter how much $ MSFT has to throw at it). To be fair, their longterm vision is a good one - it is the painful process of getting there that is the problem.

You've hit the nail on the head, not many people are prepared to jump into .Net just yet, a company decision was made here to jump straight in, and yeah, it was painful at first but when you start to pick up the Framework and where MS is actually heading with it, it ain't all bad. The Framework itself has been well thought out, and it's not immediately obvious just how much is there until you start digging.

I think come version 3.0 it will definitely attract more developers, particularly those with a Fox background. Hands up I kicked and screamed when I heard we were migrating, but after 2 years I probably wouldn't turn back, I think C# is nice language.

Kev

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>>>Uh oh, this is a troubling post....this really gets people reved up...
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>>>I think for VFP's longevity it needs to at least work with .NET and it will with Sedna. I've been using the Fox with .NET web services and its been great. I dont think it will ever become VFP.NET just because of its native database and reporting, unless M$ dumps that stuff.....
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>>>My theory is that once .NET gets the cursor engine that VFP has, which I beleive the Fox Team is working on......I dont think there will be anymore additions to VFP.
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>>>As to .NET failing, sure it has its shortcomings but with a team of a 1000 developers working on it, and only 10 working on VFP i dont see it failing, also considering the amount of marketing M$ puts into it.
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>>MS has invested too much already in .Net. It'll succeed no matter what they have to do.