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>>As I see a lot of the fox folks I respect saying to their friends in the community that they are moving toward .NET and suggest others consider it, I am dismayed when I see their motives questioned - almost always by people who don't know them personally and who have a complete misunderstanding of the spirit in which the advice is given. As I said in another message these are folks who always gave very generously of their time and knowledge way out of proportion to the financial rewards. When they share things they've learned about new technologies and about the state of the market they are accused of a hidden agenda.
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>I really don't see much in the way of motives being questioned at all. Can you cite some examples?... OTHER THAN the JimD ethics/motives questions raised when he snottily announced "defections" and that the "writing is on the wall". His thread warranted ANY questioning of motives or other derisive comments that went his way after he published. It was both inaccurate and inane and should never have come from the fingers of a VFP MVP.
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>I'm a tad concerned at the need some people seem to have to proudly announce that they have begun investigating Xxx.NET. Where does that come?... What possible motive might these people have for such declarations?

Jim;

One must be able to do something useful with ones Cobol skill set! :)

Tom