You know in some ways Corporate America is a very uncreative institution. Rather then doing their own research and making up their own minds about what is the best tool to use for them, they sometimes "blindly" follow someone else's lead. They are so gullible. They believe every propaganda they read about a tool. You know, "if it's in PCWeekly, then it must be true".

They abandon what has worked for them for years just to be "up to date"... and I wonder how many of them regret the switch or reverted back to their "old" technology.

I work for a company that uses .NET for EVERYTHING. Well, .NET is not good for everything. We still use VFP/VB to do some quick utility work, but all major enterprise development is done in .NET. You know how much longer it takes to build a "simple" app. using .NET as compared to VB, or better yet VFP?

I'm ranting...
Chow. Good day....


>>The Classic VB may have fazed out, but look at the job ads. Still many VB6.0 position available.
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>>Now, I'm not saying to go out and learn VB6.0... :)
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>LOL. I didn't thought about that :)
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>Actually I learned and used some VB because for some jobs it was the best tool. But I never liked it because of the lack of OOP and the everchanging data access methodology. During the pre-.NET era, Delphi and VFP were IMO the best programming tools. I also had a love story with C++ Builder but unfortunately it never really took off, too bad.
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>>>>7+ years ago - when that question was asked - it was clear that VFP was not
>>>>nor would it ever be part of MS's strategic focus. It was at that time, I
>>>>jumped off the "VFP Bandwagon".
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>>>7+ years ago, VB seemed to be the answer and VFP soon to be dead. But what I find ironic is that right now, it's VB which is dead (VB.NET is not really VB but .NET with a VB syntax) and VFP is still alive and relatively well. OK, .NET is crushing every other development tool on the Windows platform (even the excellent Delphi) and if .NET 2.0 fulfill its promises, maybe it will be the time for VFP to enter in "maintenance mode".