>Whil is a pretty smart guy and I would not doubt there is a market for what he is suggesting and he is the person most qualified ( and patient ) to service it.

I think the fact that he sent that email to his customer list (and whomever else) indicates there isn't much of a market, if any.

I know there are some dinosaur Foxbase and FoxPro apps still out there, but I'd be stunned if someone actually wanted to pay to have them 'upgraded' to VFP.

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>But it really does feel like getting a message from the Gas Company saying "Hey, if you have been asking yourself if all this newfangled stuff is just a fad and you really need to start thinking about replacing some of your whale-oil lamps, we now can help you make the transition to gas lamps with the exciting new IsingGlass technology ... "
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>>Pretty much my reaction to the message.
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>>I sent him back a reply asking if this had been stuck in a mailqueue since the '90s since that would be the last decade this would have had relevance.
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>>>You know how every once in a while there will be a news story about the Post Office delivering a letter somebody mailed back in 1936 and it had been lost behind a cabinet in a post office or something and just now found?
>>>
>>>Like I'm sure a lot of folks here I recently got a message in my Inbox subject : "Moving from FoxPro 1.x/2.x to Visual FoxPro." and my first reaction was that somehow this had been stuck in a queue in a mail server someplace since 1996 and was just now making to to me ... from Whil Hentzen. If I had not seen 2012 in the message body I would have remained convinced.
>>>
>>>Hi Folks,
>>>
>>>A month and a half ago I sent out a mailing about moving
>>>from FoxPro 1.x/2.x to VFP. The response was quite
>>>robust - you will appreciate that a *lot* of companies
>>>have a conversion to VFP on their 'To Do' list for
>>>2012.
>>>
>>>I've worked on several projects, with more in the works,
>>>and have continued to fine-tune the process, as no two
>>>situations are exactly the same, right?
>>>
>>>If you've got a budget, and you're willing and able to
>>>put some elbow grease into the process yourself, your
>>>1.x/2.x system can likely be turned into a VFP system
>>>by the end of 2012. If we start now, that is.
>>>....
>>>
>>> If you've been intimidated by the prospect of learning the Visual
>>>FoxPro paradigm, fear no longer - I've brought many
>>>experienced FoxPro/DOS and FoxPro for Windows 2.x
>>>programmers into the world of Visual FoxPro with
>>>little pain and much delight and rejoicing as they
>>>discover the new capabilities and possibilities of VFP.
>>>
>>>So...... If you need a hand with your FoxPro 1.x/2.x
>>>system, I'm available - but my dance card for the
>>>spring is filling up - contact me ASAP to get on
>>>the schedule!
>>>
>>>I like Whil a lot and he is definitely the best person I can think of to serve this niche - but apparently booming - market.
>>>
>>>But I've gotta say the whole thing made me smile and realize what a wonderfully diverse, complex world it is and how one man's meat is another man's "I'd get a gun and stick up liquor stores before I'd do that for a living" .
>>>
>>>I've done a fair amount of training in both IT and other diverse areas, and I am trying to picture training people who have been intimidated by VFP and now are finally ready to think they will learn something new ... and a picking VFP.
>>>
>>>That's why Ben and Jerry's makes all those flavors. <g>