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I read the above bit as saying that .NET is not really yet "ready for prime time".
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Where exactly does he say or imply that...

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His next para. (now snipped) said to me that VFP is still highly useful/relevant.
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Where exactly does he say that? At best, all you can say is that he made it clear that VFP is not .NET.

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I do wish, though, that he had made it more clear that it is ALSO useful around the .NET environment too.
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Gee, why do you think he did not do that? He as written books on Fox (not good ones, but books nonetheless). If you anybody would do what you had hoped for, you would think it would have been King...