>>Seems to me that this would be a good destination for VFP people. Forget pure development, it's destined for commodity. Whereas BI is challenging, not easy for the usual cowboys to pop up claiming expertise, and has to have a good 5 years in it. Well spotted KG. JMHO.

First of all - "pure development" has been headed for commodity for decades.
I made some nice cash writing one of the first automated General Ledger programs during the late 60's (it kept the balances on mag tape) and as we all knew, by the end of the 80's anyone would have been nuts to write onewith all the wonderful G/L apps that were available
Guess what, some nuts wrote a thing called Quick Books, and look what happened.

Second, the notion that good developers need obscurity or the like in order to succeed is a dubious one. Yes, there's a genuine need for people who chase the flavor of the month and there will always be people who will pay them well for it, but the real money makers have been people who have made complicated things seem simple


That said, I'll probably go to this event. It sounds as if it will be informative