Hi Jim

These credit unions have chosen dot.net because they see ASP.net as much easier to install and maintain since the user only requires a browser and the dot.net runtime which all comes with Windows.

The CEO in this case was fully involved with the way the project was structured.

Simon

>Hi Simon,
>
>This, to me, betrays a 'strategy' that is based basically exclusively on doing what Microsoft touts.
>
>It would be real neat to know what the CEO of that operation thinks of that "strategy".
>
>On the other hand, I guess there's always the possibility that that the IT Manager there really has an objective of 'pressing' Microsoft to make .NET as efficient all-around as VFP already is.
>
>Thanks for the story.
>
>Jim
>
>P.S. When I worked for a BIG bank here I saw many many applications, many highly innovative, that never got implemented. That bank, which had a strong reputation for innovation prior, had had its IT department taken taken over by lily-livers who wouldn't do anything new until the competition had done it first. In some cases we were quite sure that the competition had got wind of some of the projects and worked hard to deliver similar. When that happened the good fortune of actually implementing the moth-balled project then materialized!
>
> >Hi
>>
>>Recently I was hired to write a prototype CRM package for a Credit Union in the United States. They wanted me to prototype it in VFP because it could be done quickly and used to demonstrate the planned features of the ASP.Net version.
>>
>>The Credit Union is a Dot.net shop and has had experience with the length of time it takes to develop application in that environment. So to reduce the risk they had me develop the prototype in VFP. It included escalation capabilities, work flow management and host integration with Credit Union's service provider etc. The project took three weeks and two revisions before I had exactly what they wanted.
>>
>>Now it has been given to the ASP.net team to replicate in Dot.Net. The prototype gives the ASP.net team an interface and feature set that they need to duplicate reducing the time it will take them to create the application.
>>
>>That is the first time I got paid to write an application that will never be used in real life.
>>
>>Simon