Hi Gary,

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>From an OOP perspective, in many ways, VFP developers have an advantage in learning .NET but in all other respects, non-VFP developers (say VB6/Delphi devs) are coming from a better place because that are more used to the separation of the parts that these environments bring, unlike being in the one single Fox Box.

I've been watching this thread for sometime now and have been giggling all along. Surprisingly, I have found myself agreeing with both 'sides.' :o) Your comment really hit home though. I agree that most Delphi developers have an easier time learning dotnet initially than VFPers but once the first learning curve is over, developers still have their preferences. I have watched experienced Delphi developers (who have written numerous tools in dotnot as well over a period of months and are comfortable with dotnet) fight tooth and nail to be able to use Delphi 7 and compile to the clr rather than develop using VS2005. Stubborn is stubborn. We all have our favorite tool and sometimes it has nothing to do with the capabilities of the tool itself.