> think you whitewash it too much. We have to fill out 50 page RFI's for technology and they want to know everything about what is in your software,:what controls, what language, what technology, etc., everything. One wrong answer like saying its written in VFP could kill the deal
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>Which is why de-emphasizing the VFP and emphasizing the NET assembly has been suggested by some here. Happens a lot- Toyota worked hard in the US to distinguish Lexus from standard Toyota vehicles for the same sort of reason: people couldn't associate Toyota with a luxury vehicle, so Toyota vanished the association. And Lexus did well.


Again, you miss the point or just choose to ignore it. We cannot de-empahisize in our RFI's. They want to know where each dll came from, its language, its connections to other dll's, etc. There's no getting away from mentioning the technologies involved.