>>Yesterday in a meeting with a new face at a Client's office he said "FoxPro is the software no one uses any more". Fortunately someone else remarked that the main purpose of the software was to get the job done and that it was doing the job very well.
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>>You all must have come across this situation. What answers have you given and what software have Clients suggested as being better than VFP and for what reasons?
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>Would you buy a new car that the dealer won't support? Would you buy a major appliance with no warrenty? Would you invest in decades old technology when something newer exists?
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>I made my living for 15 years using FoxPLUS to VFP. It was a great tool. It was.
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>No company in their right mind would invest in a product that has no future. Remember, companies investing in IT infrastructure, software included, want to be cutting edge and forward looking. VFP has been retired so it's no longer a viable solution.

My clients invest in my solutions to their business problems - they don't care what tools I use - they want their business processes to be "want to be cutting edge and forward looking"