"I would not be surprised even if M$ comes up with some (pricey, differently branded/marketed ) VFP incarnation in some future :)"

I agree - Microsoft seemingly does not have an easy to use alternative to PHP which is used by most web sites. Developers use PHP on Windows even when the old easy COM based environments will perform far better.


>>ay yi yi ,, out of the fire and into the frying pan. If I were you I would keep your vfp code and just do a front end in jQuery and/or jQuery Mobile. These small companies (perhaps like the ones you mentioned) don't seem to last too long or have a critical mass to carry the tools forward.
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>I don't know about Lianja makers, but Alaska software seem to have longevity (founded in mid 90ies).
>They endured competition of VFP in it's haydays and still have viable business (now probably expanding).
>On the other hand VFP (and all of us together) were orphaned by biggest software shop on the planet.
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>I am quiet confident that xbase in general (VFP, xbase++, Lianja ) has future. One vendor or another will always be there to
>catter to this market which (despite mainstream neglect) does exist.. I would not be surprised even if M$ comes up with some (pricey, differently branded/marketed ) VFP incarnation in some future :)