>I know people ask over and over again and I think I have even asked the question before but "if not VFP then what" ?
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>We decided to go .Net and SQL server, therefore I have been learning C# and we have been planning to move our application to .Net C# starting next month however...
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>1. I have seen posts across the Internet that imply .Net is no longer Microsoft's favourite child and might go the way of VFP?
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>2. I have just been told that one of our applications will needs to run on Android in the not too distant future! do I now port to .Net and then need to port again? or is there something usable now that we can port to and compile for both Windows and Android?
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>I did have a quick look at Servoy, which implies it can compile to Windows/Android but at $5,000 a year per server I don't see how we can migrate our clients and still make money.
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>Any advice gratefully received!

Nothing lasts for ever. But, I don't think it's tomorrow that .NET will go away. It's still in the front line at Microsoft. Companies have invested considerable amount of money to move up to this up to date technology. It would surprise me that it would go away just like that. I would say it'd be there for several years to come.

Many predicted VFP to be gone since a very long time and it last pretty much 10 additional years than expected. Unless one would have a crystal ball, it's pretty much difficult to predict the future.