HI Martin,


>>Please understand that I am not making VFP vs. .Net statements. I could'nt care less about that discussion as it is not useful not is it relevant. It's a pointless topic. I am sure .Net application will and are being deployed. Why shoud'nt they be? After all .Net is a powerful development platform.
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>>My statement was simply that 3 or 4 years is a long time in our industry and things move very quickly. In that time frame a lot of things can happen and new development tools and platforms can emerge. 3 years is a long time in our industry. The world can change a lot in that time :)
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>Absolutely. I know you. My own point was that I don't think .NET is still 3 or 4 ahead of being established. I think it is right now, even in countries like mine. There are still places in which it is still too much, but in the main markets, it is winning all along as I see it.

If one considers the number of applications and solutions being built with PHP, Perl, Python, Java, Delphi, etc, then "winning" is perhaps too strong a word. Certainly .Net is being used and VS.Net is a good dev tool - just not the only option open to developers who are considering a new learning curve.


>This has nothing to do with VFP market. I mean, the effect over VFP is the same as over Delphi, VB 6, Power Builder, etc. Well, Delphi is actually moving into .NET.
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>"My" personal bet is that in 3 or 4 years (Internet centuries) .NET will be an even bigger player, although maybe a few options could be also fighting with it. I think concentration will go further, anyway.

Well, like all predictions, they are open to review. I maintain that 3 or 4 years (perhaps more as delays are inevitable with complex systems) leaves a lot of room to see what happens. Just think back to how fast the Internet went from "what the hell's that?" to "I need a website now!" :)


(For the record: I am interested in C#.Net and also Python and other open technologies but will certainly stick with VFP as my primary dev tool for the foreseeable future. VFP rocks dude!).