>Hi Perry,
>
>SNIP

>To be fair, I find the attitude that VFP developers learning dotnet will mean the demise of VFP ridiculous. I have been using VFP alongside other languages for years. I have never developed solely in VFP but used whichever tool was the best for the job. In our offices we use dotnet and Delphi a lot. Our primary data centric app is written in VFP though and will continue to be so for years unless MSFT stops supporting and updating VFP. When that happens, things will change dramatically.
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>Tracy

Hear, hear!
Mr. Ryan and yourself are voices of reason. I continually have to work in Perl/Python/PHP/VFP/Access-VB/MySQL/SQL Server on Windows and Linux to maximize the tiny tech budget that my employer can afford. I continue to work at learning .Net/Mono/Java/C++ in order to understand when to use which tool.

'used whichever tool was the best for the job'

Makita <-> DeWalt

Ford <-> Chevy

Windows <-> Mac

Why lock in? I thought it was all about freedom and free will (and free beer)!