>There is no crystal ball here. And FWIW, whether dotNET fails or not has no impact on VFP. Further, investing in Web Connection is not what I would consider to be investing in VFP per se, but rather a specific product. Still, I will go ahead and concede that point to you because it is irrelevant.

Thank you.

>Whether I spend zero dollars or 10,000 dollars, my knowledge about VFP or what I can do with VFP is the same. If anything, there is a dis-incentive to make further investment because of the lack of marginal utility.
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>That is how it is zero opp cost.

You weren't taking about yourself in your post:

"I'll throw one out here.. there is ZERO opportunity cost in investing in .NET today. Where you have idle time, you should invest it in learning .NET, and specifcally, VB IMO."

So, for a developer who has the choice of spending his/her money learning VFP/Web Connect vs. dotNet, there is definitely a opportunity cost that is non-zero.