John

I'd hazard a guess that there are people out there maintaining FP2.x apps who are happy and fulfilled, always stop for lunch, earn as much as or more than we do, study a lot less, play with kids a lot more, take nice holidays and see no need to change. I find that hard to criticise.

Hermits and "luddites" ensure that we stay relevant as we focus on just the coolest "technical" aspects. If we ignore personal circumstances and other cues that affect what people do, IMHO we risk looking just as dweebish as those who insist that the latest Porsche 911 Turbo is the "best" car. For what?

E.g. After a message from Tamar Granor a few months ago, I did some investigation about FP developments for handicapped people. I now know one developer whose FP2.x app has never been upgraded because she could never get the hardware attachment to work properly in Win32. She pays her way and remains proud. I'm not about to urge her to move to dotNET.

FWIW, we implemented a VFP SOAP Patient Management Interface in the UK last week. It seems slower than I'd like but so far it seems to work.

Regards

JR