Yes, the application will be built from scratch, the database design will be a good one. The issue here is that since there are 5 foxpro programmers why not save time and money and do the conversion in foxpro with the tiered design and then when things are running well and much more smoothly b/c the new app is supposed to solve a lot of shortcomings then it's gonna free up more time to start putting for example the front end into .NET to satisfy the people that demand the "latest and greatest" so basically a 'cosmetic' issue for the time being and in the meantime the company is generating more revenue and business which is the objective.

Any cons?

Thanks!