John you are absolutley right. People are afradi of reality.

Regards
fred
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>Definitely not. I'm in the camp of those who believe that it's best for VFP developers to continue using VFP *and* learn .NET.
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>My question had more to do with the direction as opposed to whether VFP developers should continue to use VFP. For the record, I have never advocated that developers dump VFP today.
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>I too agree that it is best for VFP developers to learn something else. It goes without saying that developers need to leverage current skills to capitalize on future opportunitys (cash cows vs. rising stars).
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>The difference between our messages, where mine is explicit and yours is somewhat implicit is that the future direction of MS leaves VFP behind. It is nice to see that the message I have advocated here and to the VFP team has taken root. (You have used some of the phrasing I have used with Ken and Ricardo...). i.e., I have long thought that a class dedicated to migrating people to .NET - couching it from a VFP perspective would be a good service to the community. From a business standpoint, I don't know how profitible it would be. I gather that a big part of this is to simply test the waters. IMO, however, the training you offer is a bit too tilted toward a specific implementation as opposed to focusing on learning the tool (VS .NET itself).
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>In any case, it is good to see that a high profile VFP vendor has gone on the record to state that VFP's future is in a situation where developers would be well served to seek "higher ground". You can soft sell it and be as politically corect as you like - but in the end, there is practically no difference between what you are saying/advocating here and what I have been saying/advocating. The one difference might be a profit motive. i.e., I have long thought that materials like this ought to be prepared and made available by MS to the VFP community as part of a migration path startegy.
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>Of course, if you can make a buck and transition your company to .NET - more power to you. IMO, you are making a very good and prudent business decision.
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>Other vendors and developers should follow your example..