>Well, one of us will. I am convinced that it won't be me, unless a 128-bit or 256-bit commercially available Intel '86-style CPU is released.
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>>You're going to be surprised. I'm giving it 10 years.
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>>>My guess is VFP9 will work with every new Intel version of Windows for the next 25-30 years.
I agree with you. Kind of apps / market that VFP caters to, is not all that latest-interface-theme-style but rather business oriented.
It will last for as long as those apps are serving businesses sufficiently so they DO NOT have to purchase full rewrites. (Which we all know is extremely expensive). So be that current desktop or in virtual machines I would give it no less then 20 years.
However, my bet is that within 5 years max we will see fully functional replacement for VFP which will work on more then one platform.
It will happen. One vendor or another.