>VFP/SQL Server is the choice, but make sure to make it COMponent based so that you can use those stuff in .Net.

Is learning COM stuff steep? Will people be left out if they don;t go COM?

>As for support, well, we still have VFP8 although not sure if there is still 9. But IMO, enough time to shift to another language if we choose to.

Should we move at all? Is there enough evidence to say that we should move on?

>In fact there are still DOS apps I see in many offices, so, why bother?

The "Decline of VFP" suggests that one should be "bothered".

Thanks Jess.