>Like it or not however, it is almost never in a firm's best interest - in the intermediate to long term - which is definitely in your 5 year plan - to stick with Fox. In spite of what some may say here, that is an argument they cannot win. And I invite ANYBODY on this forum to take up the debate with me.

Prediction - All software that is developed today (2004) will be obselete in 10 years 2014).

2014 - A small number of diehard .NET users, on the UT, are fighting the change to the more advanced .NOT that does NOT use the obselete MS-SQL, that is limited to a measly 999 tb of data storage. The same person (Bill Gaatts) that invented the .NOT system/concept had purchased the VFP language in 2007 and improved it to the point that it has become the most popular language of choice of the top Fortune 1000 companies.

Programmers/Developers of the past, are no longer needed because the .NOT system integrates with the users brain. It will automatically calculate a solution to any problem the brain comes up with. In the event the users brain is not capable of generating the necessary problem, the .NOT system will access another persons brain that can. The current range of the system is 10 miles, but scientists are working to extend the range to 100 miles so that good problems are always available to solve.

.NOT comes in Cherry, Strawberry, Orange and Grape flavors....more choices are in the works. The present cost is a dime a dozen, though as demand increases and production gets into full gear, the price will probably drop to the point where anybody can have at least one .NOT a day.

The point - No one can predict 5 years down the road......let alone 10! I've been in Electronics/Computer fields since 1959 and, looking back, there is no way I could have predicted what things were going to be like 5 years into the future. I do remember when I was in my 30's and 40's that I was "full of myself" and a "know it all", and loved to argue....and win. Then, I grew up.