Maybe to get the 5 billion pound monkey off our back, maybe to not play a part in letting them unjustifiably dominate this industry, maybe to not "thank" them for taking a great product and replacing it with an inferior one?

>I didn't really look at it but the way I see things, why would you want to use another tool that could be short lived?
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>I still use VFP and I think that for certains jobs it's the best tool to use.
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>But I've been a regular at our Visual Studio user's group meetings and .net is really something to look at.
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>There's no doubt in my mind that when VFP can't do the job no more (whatever the reason) I'll do all my developments with .net
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>There are so many things covered in .net. This thing is HUGE.
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>So considering the impact of .net nowadays why would you want to go with Visual DataFlex?
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>>Hi
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>>Does anyone have experience with Visual DataFlex? It appears to be a good possible replacement for VFP. It is nice that there is a free version for non-commercial use so you can try out the product.
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>>Simon