Thanks again, Tracy.

>They are each used for different business requirements. dotnet is used for our webapps (we use a combination of dotnet and java actually), Delphi is used for our communications dll as well as a couple of small business applications, and VFP is used for our primary agency management software which munges a lot of data and is used by small businesses with many different network topologies. Apps written in Delphi range from contract producing apps and communications modules to our document management scanning product.
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>>Thanks Tracy.
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>>do you have any personal preference out of those three? Why?
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>>>We use vb.net, VFP, and Delphi on a daily basis for our business apps. We have over 1500 clients using one of our apps written in Delphi.
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>>>]>Thanks for that John. I've got a lot of research to do!
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>>>>>I really like Delphi (cut my teeth on Pascal) but it is my understanding that Kylix is dead or dying. But Delphi is also moving to DotNet so I'm guessing if DotNet succeeds so will Delphi. There is a free version of 'Object Pascal' that runs on Linux. I really don't know much about it (I might be wrong about the name) and I think they are using the Eclipse environment for development.....
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>>>>>John