>>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>So you consider Etechnologia's stuff to be a 'kludge?'
>>>
>>>That was not the best word I could have chosen. It may in fact be technically elegant. But the last thing anyone but diehards need is a way to keep FoxPro alive. It's way past time to move on.
>>
>>Move to what exactly ? What is the sound alternative today ? Last time I checked there was nothing out there that beats fox.
>>(And No, NET could be the complement, but it is not an alternative)
>>
>>Did I miss something ?
>
>The reason I want to shift to .NET is there are tons of jobs and a rapidly dwindling number of VFP jobs.
>
>The trick is getting that first .NET job without experience. The best bet is probably finding a VFP job and then getting on a .NET project with the same company, for instance when they rewrite it.

Hi Mike

From career/getting employment standpoint it is surely good to know NET. My problem is huge legacy which canot be
rewritten all that easy and it is essential to our business. So my options are kind of limited. I will probably purchase new VS
fairly soon, but more for exploration/learning purposes then some major rewrites.