>Oakleaf does perform satisfaction surveys, though it would be up to Kevin if he ever wanted to reveal any of that information. The fact that he is continuing to hold these classes as well as speak on the topic regularly ( recently in Chicago, my people enjoyed it very much. Thanks Kevin ) seems to show it as being successful.
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At the very least, it shows that VFP developers have a demand for .NET training that leverages their VFP skills. My question is whether the "leveraging VFP" has utility. No question that having OO knowledge in ones head is important and helpful. However, I wonder whether showing .NET on its own terms as opposed to be couched from a VFP perspective is a good thing. I have not sat through the class, so I don't have hard evidence.

IAC, if folks are satisfied and can use at least a few things, the class is worth it. I have said it before and I will say it again, the fact that Kevin has separated himself from other VFP vendors, and in particular, framework vendors, is a good thing. I think it is an opportunity that was waiting out there with bright lights and bells.

From a business standpoint, I don't know if I would have limited my potential audience to VFP developers. OTOH, if that is the group of people I am used to dealing with, it is a good place to start.


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Measuring what actually gets implemented based on training from these classes would not necessarily be any true measure of the classes claims. In my case for instance, we are not scraping our existing huge corporate system just to jump onto the .Net band wagon. But instead we are gradually learning and evaluating .Net, and maybe in 6 to 12 months will start implementing portions of it that make sense to us.
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Nobody should scrap anything for the sake of going to a new technology. Howver, you are starting NOW to evaluate and learn. And that is what I have always advocated folks do.


>"C# in a day" well... maybe the thing Kevin isn't mentioning is that the day he teaches C# is a pretty long day *s*. Perhaps he's fine tuned it more now.
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I am sure it was a long day...


>C# is a very well structured language. In my opinion he does teach that structure very well in a day. You've certainly not mastered the language, you've only learned how to move the chess pieces and what the game is all about, so to speak.
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Cannot master anything in a day... Ultimately, you need to USE it...


>To me it was an extremely valuable week which now allows me to cruise through other .Net books which are of particular interest to me, rather then struggling through them because I might not understand or see the relationship of various concepts.
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Great. Thanks for the input.