>Thanks David
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>but I did see someone else (forget who) on this forum who had invested time in c# and was now wondering if they may be backing the wrong horse. I myself have dipped into c# and am now wondering the same thing.
My main concern about .NET is that, despite some projects like Mono, it still seems oriented more towards Windows. Of course, the same problem applies to VFP, but if I were to learn a new language, I would prefer something that is really multi-platform, like Java or Python, to name just a few examples.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)