Yes the Fox is a terrific development tool.
As long af you can find work with it then go for it.


.Net is the best tool in the world.
Outside the .Net world there's no hope.
.Net is probably the best development environment ever invented


I could repeat stupidities like that for a while I guess. Then perhaps after repeating it every day I'll believe it too.

I still believe that we should always use the best development tool for a given job.

But the sad truth is that the market has decided that .Net is the tool to use for everything.

So if you're convinced that you'll be able to find VFP work for many years to come, then stick with it. If not then I guess that you should begin to look at .Net even if you don't really like it.

Don't take a chance and fake it like many others do. From now on just tell everybody how much you like .Net

We had a commercial on tv here that was really successfull about sausages.

"More people like them because more people eat them. More people eat them because more people like them."

Same principle can be applied to .Net even if there are shortcomings. Just tell all the persons you know how great .Net is and then they'll think that it's the case. So they'll probably tell others about it too. So eventually everybody will love .Net


>I have a well worn CD of VFP 6 which has served me gallantly for 8 years. Eight YEARS! I develop small applications for my work, my church and myself and I enjoy the power and freedom - especially because I can develop 'under the radar' of those darn DBA's and WEB server guys.
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>To get a similar environment using .NET would cost me 1000 Dollars up front just for starters - and .NET is harder to implement for a multi-user app - then I have to start buying licences for MSSQL or use JET/ACCESS as a back end - and where is my local database?
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>Go ahead and leave me behind - but...
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>... I live in Canada where $1000 is a week's pay - what about the 1000's of developers in Brazil, India or Russia where that would be 2-3 months pay - do you think they will be moving over?
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>Microsoft has had the same problem with XP - they have addressed it by selling certain non-english versions of XP at cut rate prices.
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>That just wouldn't fly with .NET so I can't see how Microsoft can sell .NET to anyone but big companies who have the cash.
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>FOXPRO and VFP have been on the way out since 1993 - It will still be on-the-way-out long after .NET has become .HISTORY