Hello Hilmar;
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>I don't think your investment is lost. You can continue developing in VFP, and the systems will continue working.

:) Certainlly, yes..
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>OTOH, it would benefit you to learn additional programming languages (and technologies in general). Reasons abound; for one, VFP is bound to Windows, and many people are starting to get interested in Linux - you can't satisfy those with VFP.

IMO, Linux will need some decades to bet a WIN2000 (for the interface reason, I mean)
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>If only I found the time to follow my own advice...
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>The additional programming languages don't necessarily have to be .NET; other interesting options exist. For instance, Delphi has a version for Linux.

Buddy, I'll tell something - For more that I search, more that I really like VFP..