Terry,

I agree with just about everything you've said in this thread.

There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands small to medium sized businesses out there that want custom solutions to their business problems.

The ones I've come into contact with over the last 20+ years want a solution. They might want references or samples of what I've done, but rarely do I get asked "what language do you use?"

I have more than enough work to keep me busy for years, using the FOX. If I wanted more projects, I would have no trouble finding them. And, I wouldn't even continue a discussion with a potential prospect that was unwilling to commit to a minimum $2000.00 get started payment.

All these naysayers are looking in the wrong places if they think VFP is dieing.

I've studied .NET. I have MSDN Universal and installed VB and C#. I bought Kevin's book (.NET for Visual FoxPro Developers). I read CODE magazine, etc. I've done my duty.....I've given .NET a look and compared it to VFP.

In it's present form, .NET does NOT impress me. I will continue to play with it, BUT my "bread and butter" is VFP and that's where I'm planning on staying for the forseeable future.

If I'm still around 10 years from now, I expect to still be reading about how the FOX is dieing.

Have a good one!