>In my opinion, here are some of the reasons why a VFP programmer should learn VB:
>1. VB and VFP are much more similar than they are different so the learning curve for a VFP programmer is not steep.
>2. Provide better service to clients. There are situations where VB will do a better job.
>3. Better acceptance of VFP. If in building VB apps you can recognize situations where VFP will do a better job you can assign those tasks to VFP. (Most VB developers would not consider VFP on tasks where VB struggles.)
>
>It is clear that VFP is not going to win the UI battle because MS's preference is VB. I think that we whould gear our efforts towards ensuring VFP is a strong part of any VS middle-tier strategy.

Hi George,

From what I'm seeing, I'm not sure that VFP will even be part of that middle-tier that you mention. I fail to see that middle-tier ground that everyone talks about.

Let me explain with another question... what exactly is that "middle-tier"?

Thanks!

Alex