Good post Dale. I think it hits the hammer on the nail in that perhaps VFP is not a high-flyer in the corporate world but there's a lot more to software development than just the corporate marketplace. I am also looking at .Net and I think there are some very impressive things about it but VFP is certainly going to continue to be a major resource for me.


>Terry,
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>I agree with just about everything you've said in this thread.
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>There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands small to medium sized businesses out there that want custom solutions to their business problems.
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>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?"
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>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.
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>All these naysayers are looking in the wrong places if they think VFP is dieing.
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>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.
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>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.
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>If I'm still around 10 years from now, I expect to still be reading about how the FOX is dieing.
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>Have a good one!