Hi Jim:

While I respect your enthusiasm I also had a desire to rustle up some statistics to compare VFP to .NET on the current jobs market. I did a search on www.monster.com and www.hotjobs.com for Visual FoxPro and .NET ... here is what I found out:

(as of Monday, June 23, 2003 @ 1:46PM ... that'd be {^2003/06/23 01:46:00PM} for you strict date type people)

VFP:Monster = 72
VFP:HotJobs = 33

.NET Monster = 1331
.NET HotJobs = 1000

C#: Monster = 646
C#: HotJobs = 1000

VB.NET: Monster = 395
VB.NET: HotJobs = 240

Out of the two .NET languages it appears the C# is the one getting more exposure ... and is my choice ... good thing Mere Mortals for .NET is written in that ... which ... by the way ... is how I'm teaching myself .NET.

While this is not a completely accurate assessment (some .VFP references are not primary requirements for the job; some .NET references are not primary requirements that the job) it is quite apparent which product is in greater demand. I think that this is the flavor of Rodman's conversations in this thread.

I'm personally treating VFP as a cool tool to be used when necessary ... I'm no longer treating it as the primary end all and be all software solution development tool that I've foolishly done for the last 10 years. .NET offers a great opportunity ... I believe I'm gonna take it.

Immediate plans ... MCDBA ... next MCSD.NET ... which tacks on nicely to my existing MCSD. It's nice to work for a company again that pays for these types of certifications.

Later brudder,

CT