>>We know VFP 7.0 is a viable solution, but we have been told that 8.0 (Toledo) will be the last version when it comes out in 18 months. Since we are choosing tools for the 3-year-and-beyond picture, a tool that is going to be discontinued in 18 months would be out of the question (and rightly so).
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>Just for argument's sake, how in the hell can anyone justify saying that the right tool for the job can no longer be the right tool for the job because it will no longer be supported by the mfg?
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>MS has discontinued support for FP DOS 2.6, but I still have apps running just fine. Does that make me an idiot for making the decision for providing my customers with a FPD 2.6 app just becaus MS no longer supports it? I hardly think so.
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>These managers are idiots for even considering such criteria. The only thing that matters is that whatever development they need winds up producing a product that works even if Visual Notepad is needed to make it happen.

Mark;

Those "IDIOTS" you referred to are the “decision makers of corporations and companies around the world. They typically do not have a technical background and have time for only one statement: “Show me the bottom line”! They rely upon comments and editorials to determine “reality” and have not taken the time to explore options that exist. This is something that is not easily changed and I have been exposed to this reality all of my working career.

If you ran a business and had need of a critical application would you use the best tool for the job or what Microsoft told you to use? Having shown management what VFP can do to create a web form in one hour (it is 100% reliable) I have to use Visual Interdev 6.0, which takes an average of 40 hours to get the same degree of functionality but with an unacceptable degree of reliability.

Yes, the “IDIOTS” are running the “corporation” (do not worry I know the original quote). But they reply, “We have always done it this way”!

Tom