>>>the Entity Framework is pure evil in its current state.
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>>>Yeah. And L2SQL never did and presumably now cannot hope to work with SSCE or any non-MS database.
>>>
>>>BTW, have you checked out Etecnologica? Their latest compiler boasts textmerge, meaning it should be approaching a viable web server option. Theoretically it shouldn't be so tough to create a migration path from WW scripts to NET.
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>>Just my guess but I bet it will be a cold day in hell before Rick does more than check out Etecnologica.
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>Why?

I know I am being presumptuous by speaking for him. My thinking was this.

1. Rick is a tool maker, not a tool user.
2. He seems to like things done cleanly, not kludges.
3. He moved on from FoxPro years ago. He was among the first among us to embrace .NET.