>>Seems you're the one being argumentative here, Gary.
>>When you say to Robert "...you are simply not qualified to make that case..." I ask myself how .NET could ever have taken hold anywhere, there being NO "qualified" individuals at its inception to make that decision.
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>I don't see what this has got to do with anything?

You've said that OP wasn't qualified to make any recommendation about .NET to his boss.

You've said that RobertP wasn't qualified to make any recommendation about .NET to his boss.

Both on the basis that they have insufficient knowledge of .NET to make any kind of credible recommendation.

It got me to wonder how any shop could ever have gone the .NET route when obviously EVERYONE was totally uninformed regarding .NET when it was delivered. They obviously were not "qualified" to make the decision to go to .NET.

Both OP and RobertP KNOW their company, including the company's aspirations for future systems usage, including the financial situations there, including the skill levels of the staff. In other words, their "qualifications" are substantial FOR WHAT MATTERS to their company.
In fact they should probably be commended for resisting the temptation to get aboard the exciting "bleeding edge" bandwagon and taking advantage of subsidized training that their bosses surely would have offered.

When I look back of the 'history' of .NET and its promoters here (in the UT VFP forum) I see that the peddlars were all early on the bandwagon and exhalting .NET's capabilities yet those very same people then boast of the vast improvements in the latest release(s). Something doesn't add up here to some of us.
That Microsoft has acknowledged shortcomings in the data handling area of .NET by inventing LINQ says that the promoters of .NET have something other than MY benefit as their motive. That LINQ is still at least one release away should have the promoters being a tad less vociferous than they are.

I've said before that I am extremely grateful that many VFP developers have jumped into .NET because they are encountering all the difficulties - and making recommendations to MS for improvements - that I can benefit from if I make the decision to move to .NET.

Both OP and RobertP are eminently qualified to make a "yes" decision on .NET yet unqualified to make the "no" decision. Strange.

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