>Ravi
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>$4,000 is a lot of money until you look at the costs for Oracle forms(!)

Yikes!

>Something to consider: check out the MSP (Microsoft Solution Provider) requirements at the MS website. Last time I looked you needed to have at least 2 ?MSCE and you can be a MSP. check on the MS site to be sure. Once you are a MSP they send you free copies of heaps of stuff. Alternatively check out local Microsoft Partnership provisions, sometimes you can get multiple licenses of approved products for a few hundred dollars.
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Sounds interesting.

>Or you could make yourself loved by providing heaps of advice and assistance to people here, after which you might become a MVP and get MSDN for free. < g >

What? Advise VFP gurus here - I am just learning and that was the point of this thread - lol:) So this opition is out I guess.

>My advice for now: upgrade from VFP6 to the lowest dotNET option, from memory the cost is <$200 with the upgrade.
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At least to learn understand .net more than what I know of it I guess.