Historically, Windows was supposed to have been written in .Net. That was the core premise: safe software that would be safe for the operating system. There are several sources our there that describe the Windows team's reaction, all of which boil down to "no way, it'll never work." So the core premise of .Net never got fulfilled, in fact.

Hank

>Walter, .NET uses Windows, so by definition, Windows had to exist before .NET.
>Could Windows be rewritten in .NET?
>Hmmm good question. Anyone out there know the answer?
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>>>>>>>>>>Why rewrite and port to a platform (be it Lianja or anything similar) that is a niche platform? For that matter, why rewrite at all? Your goals seem to be for a more modern interface, not a rewrite of your entire app. With something like FoxInCloud you can convert your VFP to HTML/JS/CSS and still maintain the ability to develop in VFP or HTML/JS.
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>>>>>>>>>actually having locally installed apps on tablets for medical is one of the larger markets IMO.
>>>>>>>>>You don't want to be dependant on WLAN and Browser speeds when making rounds,
>>>>>>>>>replicated and often synched local data sound MUCH better.
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>>>>>>>>>> The only long term major not going anywhere platform right now is HTML/JS.
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>>>>>>>>>Which Lianja conviniently supports as well. Coding the GUI in JS in Lianja might be the wisest way to stay "installed" and/or "browsered".
>>>>>>>>>If vfp was still developed, FoxInCloud might be more of an option, but as vfp cannot reach ARM devices natively...
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>>>>>>>>"If vfp was still developed,..."
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>>>>>>>>Probably Lianja won't be in a few years either. They are a pretty small company, after all.
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>>>>>>>>The safest bet is to go big: like Microsoft or Google OR go Open Source. Small proprietary software tool companies that try to do it all are sooo last century.
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>>>>>>>Uhmmm...we did "go big" with *Microsoft* Visual FoxPro and look what happened to it :)
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>>>>>>At least there was a product with good support for over a decade.
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>>>>>>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.
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>>Really, why them isn't Windows itself written in .NET?
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>>>What comes after Windows?