I'll see that argument and respond with "Where do the new COBOL programmers come from?"


>>In this case they simple don't trust you or your ability to support them in a future. I don't think you can do much about that.
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>But also not to be taken so personally...
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>The reality a business manager must struggle with is: the dwindling pool of talent of VFP expertise as the years go by, balanced against a growing pool of talent for other/newer languages or platforms.
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>Finding good employees or contractors is a project in and of itself. It's not necessarily the person who is writing a solution right now that worries management. It's.. who will be dealing with it in the future if my guy gets hit by a bus?
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>Guy