MS raised the bar with VB.NET, compared to VB6. I think your average "putz" is more likely to use LAMP these days. Still, you can make good applications with any of these tools.

>The reason why I refuse to learn VB.NET is that every VBer I have ever met was a putz.
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>Many of these guys were somewhere between hobbyists and half-baked programmers who later became IT managers which could explain why every IT manager I ever met is a putz as well. This could also explain IT resistance to VFP.
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>Some time ago, there were a few VBers on the UT creating havoc bad mouthing VFP and trying to get us all to start using VB6. These guys were putzs.
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>A few years ago, Steve Ballmer claimed that there were over two million VBers world wide. We all know Steve is a putz.
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>However, if you want to know who the REAL putz is, look here:
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>http://tlug.dnho.net/?q=node/38
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>This explains a lot about Microsoft's position on VFP. VB is Bill's baby. Any programming language which canabilizes it has got to go.