>>>Then my question is "Why are you still in DOS?" With the cost of hardware
>today, I'm hardpressed to see a reason to still be there.
>>
>>Even with the low price of hardware today, some organizations depend upon
>donated >equipment which is usually several generations old. One I know of
>upgraded this year from a >dual floppy, no hard-drive system to a 386 with
>windows 3.1, and they're excited about it.. >They want me to write a few
>programs for them - I don't think I'll be using VFP.
>>
>I only have one question, if they can't afford new hardware with todays
>prices, how can they afford to get someone to write programs for them ????

Friends and Family :) Many are non-profit agencies that get donated software (usually older DOS stuff) and sometimes donated programmer labor. Others just stubbornly refuse to buy something until the old one's broke - "You got the college degree - make it work". In some cases, if these customers would buy a new computer, COTS software would handle many of their needs.