>This is disingenuous (sp?) at best. Many companies DO CARE what the product is written in, especially in light of current security potentiality. One of our clients almost cancelled their contract when they found out we were using foxpro. The only thing that saved us is: 1 - we are the industry leader with the best product, and 2 - we promised to port to .Net over the next 2 years.

Yeah - that Security Fear really sells. Truth is many companies are going off shore for project work. Mom and Pop are still shopping here because they need to watch there investment.

The guy whoo founded Netscape pined what he called "the crapppy guy" syndrome. He described this as comapany managers, not wanting to loose there place in the promotion queue managed this risk by hiring people with week skills sets.

Several generations of management have gone corporate USA hierarchy since he made that statement.

I guess the companies now have a "duct tape" type management. Good for you if that's the only work you can get. But I don't the market, as you do, with sweat shirts bannering "We Beleive in Duct Tape". It's a con - no system - unless it's off the grid - is safe. Any issues you have should be service by the operating system or firewall - if MS can't do it - we'll probably go the way the Linux soon.

BTW - did you see those wind up powered laptops for 100$ that have Linux installed. Our government is moving to Linux. Your problem is not VFP - it's MS's inability to include a secure firewall in the OS.