>>Why aren't using C# like most everyone else. All language should bow to MS and C# right? Throw out that VB, PHP, VFP, Python, and every other language in the trash. C# is the only true language, right?
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>See my message to Mel Cummings - I am currently using PHP and Javascript. C# is a great language but, it's certainly not the only show in town.

Yes, I total agree. Too often I see people preaching that thier development language is the only True language. I, for one, use different languages. What ever the right one for the job. It would like traveling to Mexico and expect the people to speak English. It is not the language of the land. If I accept a assignment where .Net is the language, then I use .Net. I would not jump up on a soap box and preach "Fox Rules", and waving my hammer while all in front of me are holding screws.

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>Out of interest, why are you so touchy about MS and C# ? You are at liberty to use whatever development tools you want to. From VFP to .NET I used MS tools. Now, I work on my Mac with PHP, Javascript, Apache, Netbeans and PostgreSQL. All open source and nothing to do with MS.

I am not. I guess this morning I am just playing the devil's advocate. All languages and OS's are grand in their own. As I have said before, use the right tool for the job. There are no bad hammers, only bad carpenters.

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>I really don't understand why this forum seems so hung up on language/tools and their vendors. There are plently of choices that are relevant for today's computing needs and not just those that are tethered to the desktop.

This, I agree with totally.

I guess the thing about this thread that has been bugging me is there are only two views; those that favor VFP and those that don't. In the past thirty year of development, I have used several development languages. Many of those are dead. Many have evolved into something actually useful. As mentioned, Fox had it days, but now it is viewed as a obsolete language (Like Pascal, Cobalt, ADA, Smalltalk, just to mention a few out of many.) As developers', we should stop staring at our feet and look at the road in front of us. We (VFP) are not at the end of our path, just at a cross road. The question is, which path should we take? Do we keep moving, or stand and die with VFP.

To All: Pull out head out of ground and find a new world where you are marketable!