>Kevin;
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>Here is a suggestion for management:
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>Go with COBOL and an IBM 360. They have been around for years and will continue to be here for many decades. It is hard to get rid of that big blue piece of iron! :)
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>Tom

Tom, my managers don't even know COBOL is a programming language :-)

Kev

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>>>From an uncertain future point of view I could understand their concern if the plug was being pulled now but we have VFP 8 in the wings? Shouldn't they be more concerned about investments into things like training or your existing codebase?
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>>That's the point we're trying to make, we think our management may have alterier motives!!
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>>>For me the argument would be to put a price tag on what investment you currently have with VFP and peoples skill in this area and see whether moving to VB.Net or C# is a palletable option.
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>>They are thinking of going Oracle.
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>>>Regards
>>>Neil