>>I was told by a MS support guy in 1994 that FP was being terminated.

VFP is current as long as you and your customers want it. There isn't a subscription or time-barred licensing model. If VFP won't run on your platform, then you change. If you can't earn a living, you change. If your customers are burned off by helpful MS support guys, you change. IMHO VFP has been a niche for at least five years- unless you've carved a business niche already, you need to change.

FWIW, we've been called names and told to change for almost a decade now. We were told by various people to change to VB and use ADO, then to Java, then Delphi, then dotNET. There are people here who are probably $100,000 better off in time or $ saved because they didn't change every time a MS support guy said something. FWIW, dotNET is maturing nicely and it is a *heck* of a lot easier to move now if you decide to compared to 2002 when we did our first dotNET app. Festina Lente, "make haste slowly" and you'll live longer. ;-)