>>>>Anybody out there knows anything about this sector of the IT world? I'd be willing to attend a class or read a book... Anything
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>>>>And that even if I don't get it. The class or book will probably enlighten me <vbg>
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>>>Yeah, but you see we are not "customers". Why do we need to add VFP like functionality to .Net languages? Just add VFP! Oh yeah sorry, that's not what the customers want. Too bad. <g>
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>>Yeah, that seemed to be the next natural question and I thought of asking him that. But Ken has been hammered so much lately I layed off. I probably wouldn't have understood the technical reason behind it anyways. :)
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>Dean,
>When anyone rolls out a bunch of "technical" reasons why something cannot be done it is virtually always FUD designed to put the receiver "in his place".
>The truth of the matter is that anything can be done - it's a simple matter of programming. Trouble is, one has to WANT to DO it.
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And have the resources to do so. I think Ken has been pretty direct with us about VFP's place in Microsoft strategy, i.e. a niche product with far fewer resources and marketing dollars than other developer tools. I may not like the message but I don't feel I've been lied to or misled.

Mike