>In fairness, eTc has provided an alpha version of software at no charge if you purchase another product that does work as advertised.
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>Also I accept that some people may be feeling pressure to select alternative routes to success. I don't see that as a problem. If eTc succeeds, I'm sure they'll happily accept checks from anybody. Also I have a feeling that their ambitions extend well beyond VFP to a generic NET 4GL whose accessibility doesn't actually require intimate VFP knowledge.

Also 100% compatibility promise could be unecessary burdain.
If they convert stuff which is commonly used by contemporary VFP apps and achieve satisfactory performance there, then I wld personally forgive them for not bothering if those dynosaur FPD conversions to Visual FoxPro (@...say,get stuff) require bit of refurbishing before being actually ported to NET ;)
In other words, well (re)defined scope could perhaps cut some precious months.