I see a slight difference between
- a consultant selling development expertise to companies IT department,
- a S/W shop selling (cheap) licenses to clients who don't care making a difference between desktop, web, tablet, windows, etc., and won't accept any interruption in the service this S/W brings them.

And I think this is the core issue.

>Agreed :-}
>
>>I prefer to recommend moving to a mainstream solution, not another niche product that is difficult to sell to customers.
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>>>Craig,
>>>
>>>I appreciate your balanced and thoughtful answer.
>>>
>>>We do agree that the VFP apps will have to be rewritten some day down the road; we also agree that VFP is a frozen tech and some other new techs are more powerful, easier to use, etc. no doubt about that, just on-going progress as usual.
>>>
>>>In order to reduce the risks and gain benefits earlier, FoxInCloud brings continuity into this process, reduce the disruption as much as possible: make one evolution at a time, at a pace that business experts can sustain (many VFP devs. come from a business perspective, not from a IT perspective), with quick and manageable benefits.
>>>
>>>It would be great if we could setup some sort of cooperation with people like you (knowing both VFP and alternative technologies).
>>>