>>>>>The last VFP savior was what... eTechnologia?
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>>>>All that I was saying is that "going big" does not imply "safest bet". Then again, in time, everything gets old :)
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>>>Speaking of old. What comes after .net? There must be something else in development by MS. I can't believe that .net is the end of development environment for MS.
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>>>Just wondering.
>>I think .NET will be the Ms platform of choice for Windows development for as long as Windows lasts.
>>What comes after Windows?
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>Linux of course. It's been the second coming for over a decade - just any day now...

How much progress in HW did we have since Y2K ? Moore definately slowed down.
If you compare OS running on >=512MB non-persisted Ram with double core CPU >=1GHz (having more computing power compared to AMD K6 or Pentium I or II or being in line with Coppermine PIII at similar speeds), you will find that Linux (in Android) and Unix (in iOS) nibbled away quite a bit of market share in personal computing devices.