>I was dreaming what if...
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>VFP developers would take a look at other Microsoft products and really understand them. They could see that much of what they want is there and they could stop dreaming and get to work.

Ironically, I would like MS to take a look at VFP and really understand what makes this product so special (See Randy's and John's reaction on recent events) and do something with the conclusion rather then jumping in a quick defence and offer something inferiour as an alternative.







>>I was dreaming what if...
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>>What if MS made and announced the decision to add to .NET the missing features that VFP developers want the most? Here is a small list. Feel free to add to it.
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>>1) Now that LINQ in on the way, it would be nice if .NET included an efficent (fast - Rushmore) standalone local data storage standard. Sort of like a DBF on steroids: 64 bit, with long column names (32 chars is enough for me), with indices, buffering and native data encription. Naturally, it could be SCANed, included in an exe file, accesed directly from Excel, etc.
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>>2) A "dynamic language mode" that allowed a command window with full language access during development. While they were at it, it allowed the creation and compilation of snippets at run time.
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>>I am sure there are more, but I am not familiar enough with .NET to know. With just those two I could become a VB.NET fan.