>>For now, I just have to maintain a big VFP project that has just began its life cycle.
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>And how long will it have to live?

Oh.... many, many years... But lets get real, is there any development platform that guarantees me that it will be supported beyond 2020 ?? Years ago, I might have decided to go Delphi.... That does not seem like a good choice to me now. And what and when will be the successor of .NET ??

Walter,