>My experience with dotNET starting in 2002 is that it wasn't as tough as people like to say. There is a difference for people who have only ever done "use mytable, scan for..." in VFP, but that's a learning process moving to C/S whatever tool they choose.

You're opinion on this is almost identical to mine. Haven't we butted heads on this subject before? If memory serves me correct you were burned by the Java hype a few years ago on a big project, no? I thought this had made you very cautious with DotNet.

>I completely agree with the principle you raise - STAY PRODUCTIVE. What you could do is develop the app in VFP as per usual, but also experiment doing parts of it in C#, or ASP.NET which is fairly straight-forward. You'll soon get a good idea how feasible it is to convert this particular app in 2006. You might also take a tiered or SP approach, doing all the data crunching in something familiar while experimenting with options for the front end.

Once again we match on this. I'm confused.