>I'm sorry to disagree with this. Even while it is tru that there are other strong product communities, the one around VFP has it quite special features, and this is recognized by Microsoft people. Indeed, many of the people involved with VFP in the past, and specially with the VFP community, are playing key roles in this space, trying to generate some of the same impulse in the .NET sub-communities.

Hi Martin:

I don't understand your point. What is more special about the VFP group that is recognized by Microsoft any more than the VB group, the c++ group, the ASP group, etc? I believe the latter would have more presence at Microsoft due to being higher revenue generators. Can you point out specifics?