Hi Rick,

How are the horses?? < s >

>I can only speak for myself as a developer that I see changes in the way our sector of the market works and as a software developer that provides training and sells software to developers I have to update my skill set to be up to date and at this time in my estimation that means to be familiar with .Net technologies.

Sounds like very solid logic.

>But I perceive .Net to be too important to ignore.

Yep, I agree with you there and that's part of what my intention was with this thread. People need to realize that some of the more prominent "movers and shakers" in the VFP community are setting a wonderful example by investigating and working with development tools other than VFP.

Maybe the "writing on the wall" comment was a bit much though... < s >