Hi Dale,

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>If MS decides to stop improving VFP, it's no big deal. They would just be opening the door for someone else to step in and fill in the gap. There are many really intelligent people out there that would love to provide a VFP type language for LINUX.....it's only a matter of time.


You mean like this: http://www.pcsoft.fr/us/

It has a local, native, licence free database to compete with VFP's (plus 3rd party databases). And the same app can run on Pocket PC or .Net. And I understand they are looking at Linux platform as well. Pretty impressive I think.

But before I get flamed :) VFP still rocks!



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>>In the mean time, our apps work, and fast. I have only come to speed in VFP in the last year and am very pleased. The only thing missing is the ability to produce web enabled apps easily. This is due, of course, to MS's refusal to extend the language. There are other ways to do things but there is no need to throw out the baby with the bath water. Use VFP plus something else. Perhaps ASP.NET, when I have a machine that does not choke on it.
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>Active VFP (free) and West Wind Web Connect make it pretty easy to develope a VFP/WEB application.
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>>Good luck, Dale. Don't let obnoxious persons keep you from using your best judgement. But I am not worried that anyone could, atually.
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>I've been around the block a few times and can pretty well handle anything.
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>>Alex