>Hmmm, I know of at least 8 to 10 people in the KC area that are fantastic developers and you have probably have never heard of them as they never post here or wrote articles in FPA or FT. However, I have worked with all of the persons and I know they can easily meet the requirements.

Yep this is definatly true. Having lived in Overland Park (KC area) and working there for many many years I know there are some good VFP developers. As matter of fact I even worked at a place for a while out there (no longer in biz though) that had (among other things) some VFP developers. Heck we were even using Visual MaxFrame out there! Anyway there were 3 other VFP guys there and all of them seem like they would meet the requirements. None of them have ever even joined the UT, let alone post msgs out here.
p.s. - Eat some Haywards or Wayondotte BBQ for me today...hehehe - just recived my Haywards BBQ fix yesterday in the mail..hehehehhe

>>There are probably a lot of fox developers that can do this
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>>A lot???? I seriously doubt it. First off, there are few Fox developers who have expert level skills in VFP+SQL Server. Many have a lot of "theorhetical" knowledge - but few have ever developed ones that were significant. And note too that they want specific experience with stored procs.
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>>Also, it should be noted that they are looking for somebody with project management experience. Again, not too many have serious/appreciable experience with this AS WELL AS deep technical knowledge and experience putting VFP with SQL Server.
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>>- but I agree that they're going to be hard-pressed to find someone to go full-time on a gig like this.
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>>Exactly. I know maybe 10 people (and I am being generous on the # here) in the Fox world that meet these qualifications. And yes, just so there is no dispute here - I would be one of those people, along with Paddock, Duffy, and a few others. They will have to pay at least $150-200K (at least) a year for this person. If they get somebody for less, then they came WAY down on their job requirements.
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>>One has to wonder why they are committed to Fox. My guess? Whomever the primary decision maker is - that is what they know - and that is what is driving the decision.
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>>If they decide to go forward in Fox - then if they are smart, they will use DataClas/VFP. The biggest - and most successful Fox/SQL Server apps that have been written have gone that route. I know this becuase I either wrote the specific app or was part of the team that wrote the app.
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>>As somebody who has - since 1999 - written 15+ large scale C/S apps in Fox, and who has put teams together and mentored/managed people, it is a tough job and a rare mix of skills.
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>>Hey...they list MaxFrame as an experience requirement. That right there tells you they are in deep ca ca....
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>>I am sure there are a few vultures getting ready to dive in for the kill....
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>>Looks like there may be a new milk jug to tap... ;)