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>We are not even on life-support!
>If MS canned VFP tonight, I will still be writing new VFP apps, and will be maintaining VFP apps that I've previously written, for the next 10-15 years, or until I retire. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Last night I started reading a book called "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler. It discusses rearchitecting current applications. One of his statements is that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" spells death for old applications.


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>Develop time is to expensive to abandon an investment so quickly unless forced to do so by stronger economic pressures.