You may have a reliable programmer who has taken good care of you for years. But if your Visual FoxPro programmer were suddenly unavailable and your business shut down due to a program failure, how long would it take to find a replacement?
There is an increasing shortage of qualified VFP programmers. I recently Googled “foxpro programmer”. The top paid advertiser was TopTal. I filled out their form and received a call from a sales representative. I was politely informed that they do not handle FoxPro or Visual FoxPro programmers.