>Specifically whom? I dunno ... I can't think of any names off the top of my head, <

...probably because they don't exist.

>>but I was referring more to the FUD that gets spread around here quite often about VFP. And knocking .NET all the time just adds to that, IMHO. I wasn't picking on *you* per se (although you do seem to pick on .NET alot <g>), but I just get tired of the general attitude that a lot of people here seem to have ... that VFP can do anything, why learn anything new? You know, the old tool argument .. if all you have is a hammer, then everything seems like a nail.<<

Okay, now we're getting somewhere.

First off, I see very little VFP FUD. Who is using or promoting VFP to scare people?

MSFT has in essence stated that their two hundred million dollar advertising and marketing FUD campaign for .NET has failed miserably to date. I can cite chapter and verse (and have) about MSFT trying to scare people into .NET. That's FUD. Who's scaring people into VFP?

>>(Tool/nail)<<...another red herring. VFP developers made their mark by providing value to their clients -- saving their client's money. .NET clearly provides lock-in value to MSFT. Within this enormous FUD campaign, MSFT can't specifically cite how small businesses can save money going to .NET. You know why? Because they can't.

There's a lot of Dot-Coms that got seed money to buy expensive, new, proprietary development tools -- and failed.

It's not a tool/nail issue -- it's concern for the employer's welfare.

Bill Anderson

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>>Specifically whom has publicly stated or implied not to learn a new language or not to broaden one's horizons????
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>>Bill Anderson