>Jeff
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>>>So, according to your recommendation, I should stop all new development today.
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>huh?
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>Can we agree that VB and VFP are not the only available development tools, so "not using them for new development" does not mean that one must be using dotNET or giving up new development altogether, most likely it means that one has assessed the market and picked one of the other options. Try kylix from Borland, for example. Or jBuilder.
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>Regards
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>JR

John,

Kylix? How much demand is there for Kylix at this time? Is it increasing? Will it surpass VB/ASP or .NET? Will it surpass even VFP's little piece of the market? Before I invest my time in any new programming languages, I want to be assured that there will be continued and growing demand for that skillset. I'm not familiar with the demand for Kylix right now but could probably do a search and find out.

Yes, jBuilder would be valuable in that it's a Java IDE but the same goes for any Java IDE. Why don't you just say "learn Java with whatever your IDE preference is"?

To be honest, I haven't decided whether or not going outside MS would be in the best interest of my time and effort. I'm going to wait a while and see how things shake out. I still think .NET will be my best bet in terms of learning curve vs. profitability/demand.

Right now I am thankful to at least have a fairly well-rounded MS development skillset (VFP, VB, ASP, VID, SQL etc.). Learning a whole new platform/paradigm like Java + Oracle would be a major investment in my time and I will need to assess whether this is in my best interests when the time comes.

Thanks for your input, John, it is worthy of consideration.

-JT