>The problem with these guys is they have the oldster mindset of charging for everything and being unhappy that it's not paying for itself.

Really? All of them? Do you have any evidence to support that opinion (only referring to the above statement)?

>I think it's a no-brainer at this point that such a solution needs to be Open Source, not a proprietary product controlled by a small group of people. The more you get the community involved the more a product will have a life of its own. Regarding VFP, look at what's going on at CodePlex. I predict many of these solutions will come out of there..
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>>That would be great to see, but they don't always mature. Whatever happened to:
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>.>NET Extender for VFP
>>VFPCompiler for .NET
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>>VFP Studio
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>>With small teams, they just disappear....or don't have the time and resources to keep up with the "big guys"
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