I'm part of a team doing basically VFP maintenance work while the apps are being rewritten in Java. The is a good chance we will be able to get maintenance work on the Java apps. So we are teaching ourselves Java so we can continue our employment by the company. Everyone who's part of our team is all for learning Java.

I feel as you. If I was sure that when the VFP work ends at this company, I could get another VFP gig, I wouldn't bother with the Java learning. No need to waste my time with the 20-30 unpaid hours I'll have to spend to get to a comfortable level.

But from my seat, I think it will be extremely difficult to find VFP work in another year. I feel, as well as others I've spoken too, that the Java opportunity is a great opportunity.

If not for this gig, It would be difficult for me to get up to speed on other tools. I've been teaching myself some .Net. But it is kind of hard for me to learn when there's not a real app to be developed.

I would suppose that's the rub for some here. Trying to find out how to get paid for all the learning that they will have to do, to retool themselves.

PF

>>Since there are so many of US and so few of you (who simply can't comprehend that people have desires as well as logic in their critical thinking) why don't you (and your buddy)
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>I've never met him so describing him as my 'buddy' is a bit over the top.
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>>question WHY VFP's FUTURE DEMISE IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOURSELVES!
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>VFP was my primary development tool. That is why it was important to me.
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>If I find a customer large enough to keep me doing VFP work for forty hours per week over the next five years I'll go back to making VFP my primary development tool. I do not believe this will happen, but I am not closing my `marketing door` to that possibility.