>The survey had some disturbing questions:
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> "Do you plan to still be using Visual FoxPro in 12 months from now? "
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>Sounds like a "Do you still beat your wife? " kind of question.
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> "When do you plan to use Visual Studio .NET? "
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>Kinda darn pushy if you ask me.
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>If you like FoxPro - these mixed messages are dangerous.
>If you don't like FoxPro - the message makes more sense.
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>It sure seems clear that you only hang on to VFP developers to force-feed them into .NET
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>Add the two questions together, not too tough to tell what you guys are thinking.

Hi Joe. These particular questions were included on the VFP surveys we did in both early 2002 and late 2003. For the using VFP in 12 months question, there is a small percentage that answers yes. We want to see if that answer is about the same over the years. With the question on using VS .NET, the answer does ont say "instead of VFP". In the past survey, it was about 20% of people who answered Yes to that question, and the percentage of people using VS .NET (like ASP.NET) with VFP is increasing. You must realize the survey is not a message, it is a survey.

I suggest you consider that the data returned is more important than some subjective and often incorrect assumption of what the questions mean. In the last survey, about half the VFP developers who took the survey said they planned on using .NET within 5 years, and that was in 2003. Over half said they use SQL Server 2000 with VFP. Many VFP developers use or are considering using VS .NET with VFP for their applications. Not everyone who takes the survey has the same answers as you.