Jim,
>Hi Tom,
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>>I do believe that .NET has a lot of very interesting a worthwile attributes.
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>>However, I do seem to recall that the transition from FP to VFP resulted in the loss of something like 75% of the Fox developers. The OOP paradigm shift was apparently too much for a lot of folks.
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>There was another very serious factor - the projected demise of FP/VFP (Gartner et. al.). Coupled with lots of PowerBuilder and Delphi PR at the time, many used the opportunity to move elsewhere.
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>A considerable number too, I think, were 'stuck' at the FPD/FPW state simply because their shops were running along nicely as-is and/or there is a wider-than-many-think prohibition against implementing a first release of anything.
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>SNIP
Well, not only was the development tool different but that was when Windows got useable and so there was a sort of double whammy with respect to the learning curve. That plus a few of the Fox-ers who had spent a considerable amount of time building their public personnae and 'rep' had to start over at zero just like everyone else. Bad for the ego.. <g>
Best,
DD
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