> By 2015, I should be retired, so it doesn't matter much. Exactly-- as is the case with many on this list(and with VFP in general).
> Dabo (Python) would be the next choice. The cross platform aspects make it > more and more viable as time goes on. I suspect people will be turned off by > the Vista monster and go to Macs and PCs running Linux. Making a wrong decision here with predicting the future could be a career-crippling choice, however. As I've pointed out, for those of us dependent on the tide of the market, simply calling for the end of MS's rule won't end it itself. People have been calling for the end of Microsoft and the rise of Linux on the desktop for the past 8 years-- it's a long time coming, and I still have bills to pay... > I looked at Java, but again it's a moving target. My brother and I worked on > a course a couple of years ago. A lot is different in Java today. We'd > probably have to start from scratch again. And it's not that easy. Definitely not. And most of it is with enterprise java beans, application servers, etc. > C and C# is out. Too low level for the solutions I want to provide. C# isn't very low level. -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
