>>I really think it is about for personal preference and that is the reason why I want to build a solid business case to try to make him understand.
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>This is really bad. No justification at all for doing such a change is really bad. You have something running and working well then suddently, a new head comes in town, and decide to change everything. Maybe you could escaladate that and report such a situation to the CEO. :)
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>>Do you have any recollection of Microsoft backing up Visual FoxPro for any reason for any project.
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>Well, I believe you are collecting a lot from this thread. But, this is doing things in reverse. As per first paragraph, it just doesn't make sense. Basically, he should do a proper case document to justify that what you have is not good. But, as he can't, it'd be difficult. ;)

I'm getting a lot of information from this thread but what none regarding a commitment of somekind from Microsoft... They just maintain the product alive. I saw VFP 8 and I think that Microsoft should bet more on VFP. They would win more than any other tools.