We *know* there are vast numbers of FP/VFP apps out there and there is a good living to be had looking after them.

Yep, there sure are....and the good living is through the clients who want to convert their apps from VFP to something else. <s>

Since 2002, there hasn't been any measurable period of time when I wasn't involved in at least one VFP to .NET project. I just started a new project with a client in the midwest that wants to move from VFP to .NET. And each and every time, the decision was made soley by the client, not by anyone "selling" them anything.

Your line about the white shirts is empty and pretentious. Your line about "customer selecting a development tool" as being foreign...is just plain wrong. The customer model of the late 80's and most of the 1990's has changed.

The notion of telling people there's a good living to be had for VFP developers looking after these apps is not good advice. Sure, some will be maintained, but at the rates and salaries I've been seeing for VFP work??? Give me a break.

Of these "tens of millions", I wonder how many more of the apps are VB/Access apps than VFP apps.