Thank goodness there are alternatives. I get the feeling that MS is sometimes manipulating the VFP community. It may not really matter, but, I think it helps to know that if they do too much of it, there are Open Source alternatives, Delphi, or even old dBASE that developers can turn to. I don't think anyone wants this to happen. The best thing, in my opinion, is to use VFP with .NET and milk VFP for everything it can do. My guess is that applications built this way can offer many advantages in time-to-market, cost effectiveness, and even features. If MS starts encouraging this type of interop development(by including basic documentation, encouraging articles/conf sessions on the subject) then I'll believe otherwise...
>So, it is your opinion and not what the "market has decided", correct?
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>I'm not trying to give you a hard time here. I'm just tired of people on the UT crafting there opinions as a statement of fact.
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>>I've been long enough in the IT industry to know that when MS decides on a new strategy the following will be HUGE.
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>Like XBox...
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>>Armies of Java developers. So what. I'm sure there will be more .Net developers not too long from now. If it's not already the case.
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>Maybe. It hasn't happened yet
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>>Not bad considering how long JAVA has been here compared to .Net
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>What is not bad? If you canvass the universities and see what programming language kids are learning, I guarantee you it is mostly Java.
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>Don't get me wrong. I am not pushing Java here. I'm just saying that there is a BIG world outside of the Microsoft box that is also available to Fox developers.