Java is a scary place to be right now with new owners and an unknown future.

I have no experience with Java, but friends that are in the know say can do everything with Java that you can do with .NET, but it's harder to do most things with Java than .Net.

Why not look at Mono?

>Hi Experts,
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>It seems that most of the threads I have read regarding making the shift (or perhaps as fallback) from VFP is towards .NET/C#.
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>Anybody going to "other side" by way of Java and other open source technologies?
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>Kindly treat this as an informal survey of sorts.
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>Any insights and/or thoughts are appreciated.
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>Cheers!
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>Dennis