> > > I am sure that other companies will fill the gap opened by MS, but still I feel sad. Not because that step will
> > > reflect somehow on me (I'll have works to do until 2300 :o))) but because such handy tool will be thrown away.
> >
> > I know what you are saying but I don't really see VFP as being "thrown away".
> >
> > If MS said, "Right, we aren't selling any more licenses for VFP and not one more minute of time is being spent on the product. It's not going to run on Vista so bad luck." - that would be getting closer to "throwing it away".
> >
> > We have a mature product with a data engine that rocks and a community that can extend the product as needed for the foreseeable future.
> >
> > I won't be cutting up my VFP cd any time soon!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > amie
>
> G'day Jamie,
> Of course, the management folk here at the Bank are running around with ideas of "the end of the world...". But that's what you get working in a large organisation ;)
>
> Like you, I won't be cutting up my VFP CD. It's still a relevant product in this web crazed world. For small to medium companies, its a cheap and easy product to use.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick

Don't tell me that Goran told them already :)

And I can't believe that they are worried - this is the organisation that had a big bunch of VB3 developers working on Windows For WorkGroups in 2002!

Cheers,
Jamie