>>Jerry,
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>>I decided to bet my future on .NET. Just paid $1100.00 for the VB connection in Orlando, Fl. I read VB.NET book and now in the process of finishing the introducing .NET book.
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>>I love the promiss of the .NET !
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>>Can you tell me where I am wrong..? I do not want to spend the time, money and energy in product that will "comes crashing down"
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>>>Dave,
>>>I would certainly see to it that I had more than one tool in my box.
>>>But, as far as VFP being around... Have you noticed that DOS is still with us?
>>>I have no doubt that when I retire in 10-15 years I will still be maintaining 'legacy' VFP apps, be they from version 6 or 7 or 8. I think version 8 may be the last one, but the nice thing, IMO, is that Microsoft has pulled VFP out of the the Visual Studio .NET group. It won't go down when the .NET comes crashing down. Any company foolish enough to put their data onto the Microsoft ".NET" deserves to lose control of it, just the way Microsoft handed their family jewels over to the Russian hackers. Fat-client-server solutions to business problems will be around for a while.
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>I doubt the entire .net platform will come crashing down. I think it's going to go through some iterations, for sure!

It does not matter how much of the .NET comes down. If you or your clients or vendors can't get on the WHOLE .NET might as well be down.