>>I think you've hit on a key point in the "will eT succeed" question. I don't question the technical aspect - I'm not qualified to do so and people whom I respect tell me they'll get there. But by the time it is completely viable - and by that I mean less than top level developers will find sufficient documentation or training to use it to its fullest - how many licenses will it sell (and how many will use it somehow unlicensed - i.e. The Chinese License covering every developer in China, Hongkong and Taiwan. ) I think it will be most useful in wrapping Foxpro apps - or parts of Foxpro apps - to work with and derive their interface entirely from the .NET world (I can't imagine using VFP interface, reporting etc if I had anything else seemlessly available)
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>>I bought it, and I'm sure at some point I'll use it for something. But I think when it's fiinished the price or licensing model is going to have to go way up, unless the developers are independently wealthy and don't much care or they plan to make their money on consulting for major projects that use it (which might be a viable approach). Of course, anybody with the technical chops to pull this off to begin with can always make a living <g>.
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>That seems to be a recurring theme in this thread: can they make money? The way I look at it, even if they only sold 1,000 licenses (about 1% of Fox developers), that would be $250,000, which is pretty significant to a small business. This ain't Microsoft, nor will they have the same costs. From there, they could build to several thousand users and have a healthy revenue base for upgrades. I agree $250 is cheap, but it seems to be priced for the international market. Those that couldn't afford VFP 7/8/9 might be able to afford this. License activation will be a necessary evil, I think. Based on their web site, it appears they also do some consulting, which is probably funding this effort. I do think they need to release something soon, at least wrap up the compiler.

Do you really think there are 100,000 Fox developers left? That seems awfully high to me, but I don't have any numbers.