Exactly, you say it right: HIS goals, not saying anything about the goals of others. JVP really did not understand the value of the database engine. He simply had no clue what he was talking about. Time has proven he was wrong. Microsoft now is admitting the importance of deep data integration and why it needs to be in there, thanks to the VFP - team.
The problem as JohnRyan said, is that there are VFP developpers that really develop in the VB/SQL server style. Not doing much with the local data engine. No post processing, no data munging etc. Those indeed would have little trouble to go to .NET/Java/Delphi or whatever. When things start to get a little more complex you're faced with problems that take a lot of time to solve. How many times did we see messages over here about post processing ADO.NET recordsets ?? .NET currently is a huge step backwards for those who heavily use the local database engine for all kind of things (not just DBF style access). Things will improve on this area as we have seen from microsoft with the LINQ project. But lets first wait and see.
Walter,
What's your practical experience with .NET? How many applications have you developed using it?
