>>>I do, however, think that many are not moving on because of FUD - not toward Fox but the perception of .NET (and other technologies) that was so popular for so long here and elsewhere as many were very scared and trying to justify not leaving their comfort zone.
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>You could say the same about those who cling to NET as it becomes less and less relevant in the new mobile age. Earlier you asked about GDI Graphics and integration with OS: do you mean iOS or Android, since they're the ones that matter? IMHO a new-generation Fox Software will come up with a cross-platform FP2.x equivalent for mobile and developers will marvel at its simplicity.

The idea of a cross-platform fp 2.6 interests me not even a little. The "simplicity" came with a price. One I'd never want to pay again.

I don't doubt the huge future of "mobile" but I also don't doubt that millions of businesses with computer on desks are going to continue to use computers on desk or laptop equivalents for a lot of business purposes. I'm not sure there is going to be a huge rush to have the accounting department doing their work on iPhones <g> Sure, the OS(s) that think mobile are going to have a big edge. But I'm not that panicky about developing WPF apps for Windows 7 and Sql Server and feeling that by doing so and not jumping on Android I'm the same as a Foxpro developer in 2005.

Not sure what the installed base of Windows OS boxes out there is, but I have a pretty good idea convincing businesses to dump them all for iOS, Android or something else is going to take a sales job even more intense than Steve Jobs on the Sea Org <bg>

I'm sure anybody addressing the mobile technologies (especially those at the beginning of their careers) are going to be glader and glader as time goes on, but I'm not sure .NET developers at this stage are "clinging" to a dying technology because they are afraid to embrace Android or jump from SQL Server to sqllite.

( that said, your pointing out its ubiquity stimulated my curiosity and as time permits I'll read more on it. Love new toys, who knows what the next shiny one may be. In the meantime, of course, I will live by the Golden Rule - client's gold, client's rules <g> Cross platform is only a plus if your client base even *knows* there are other platforms. )