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>I got my last assignment by have a well developed app written in VFP that could modified to work for the new business for a small investment. While a new system would have cost at least $500,000. It also helped that I have a diverse skill set, knows fox, and did not try to convince them that they should throw out there existing AS/400/DB2 systems because MS says .NET is the future. With VFP I was able to leverage the large investment already made in my software and with minor changes I can make use of their existing technology investmests.
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I don't understand why the same requirements would cost 10 times as much in .NET than in Foxpro.