>I can't speak for the majority of UT members, but yours is much appreciated than Mr. Petersen's SH&$^#^$ F*$*$&# thread. Mr. Rauh & Mr. Petersen's life preserver (VB) can't make the majority of the end-users happy. To them, VFP marketshare is sinking but here, it's not. Our hands are full of VFP projects to the point of saying "NO" to some clients wanted their systems to be overhauled, some were done in VB/ACCESS.
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>VB is not the Life preserver inside our ship, JAVA is...

Jane,

As a developer that has used Fox products since early 1987 I can tell you that I have more work right now than I can handle and could get more if I chose. Having said that what I got from the whole thread (barring the abruptness, rudeness and pettiness I saw *g*) was that it was smart as a developer to have more than one tool in your arsenal. This I agree with. Here in the States, and here in Utah and California where I'm familiar I'd doubt that either a VB programmer or a VFP programmer would have trouble finding work though I'd bet you probably need to look a little harder in the VFP side since those kinds of jobs usually need to match a specific skill set with a specific task. A Java programmer would be scooped up on their first day in the market from everything I can see, particularly web-based development. It's HOT HOT HOT right now.

Sounds like your second tool of choice would be Java. The important thing is to have one or more IMO.

Best,

DD