>Ok, assume for the rest of this thread the .Net is not the way you are going for your future and you are forced to move from VFP. What language would this fine group of vfp programming experts move too?

For tasks needed for myself / quick hacks python. Don't know if it could pay my running cost, but would try.

Datamining with statistical packages - ugly languages, but I like the topic.

As a common fallback line java - enough projects, stable now. C if I must - not because I want to.

regards

thomas