>>Jim, with all due respect, its sad you had to ruin good news.
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>So I ruined good news by congratulating them? I know, I know, it was the "anybody see the writing on the wall" comment I made. Well it seems I touched a nerve or two. < s >
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>While the delivery of the message may have irked a few people, I've had a number of emails agreeing with me that the time to expand your toolset is now.
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>Do I still use VFP? Of course.
>Do I use .Net? Of course.
>Do I use SQL Server? Absolutely!


Jim, again with all due respect - your comments were not about expanding ones toolset, which most intelligent developers would take as a given anyway. That some people have agreed with this sentiment does not justify the cheap shot comment in your original post.

In a previous thread you set about bashing the VFP database. In this new thread you appear to want to bash VFP itself. This is fine because thankfully we all live in a free country. Problem is that its a horse that has been flogged to death, both in this life and the next, since VFP 3.

The bottom line is that "<s>" or not your original post hijacks the success of four other individuals to try and prove a point which is not related to their MVP awards.