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>>This is not something marketing oriented. It is more like an insider view provided for the active part of the community. In any case, the audience is accustomed to this. All the videos (not only the ones about VFP) are produced like this, with a small camera on hand. Maybe they are following Lars von Trier's ideas for the wrong purpose. ;-)
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>The cynic in me says that it is, by now, a marketing site.
>KenL is using it to market VFP and SEDNA. It would be interesting to learn how many of the viewers are actual MS employees interested in what VFP can/will do.
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>That MS created outright "Evangelist" positions, and very senior in too, tells me that everything that has "community" in its purpose is definitely marketing oriented, no matter the quality.

Well, if you agree with Craig about Microsoft being a Marketing, not a Technology, company, then everything they do is marketing-oriented at some point.

But Channel 9 is kind of preaching-to-the-choir marketing, I would say. Yes, I guess part of the idea of the videos is exchanging ideas and news about products between crossing communities. In this respect, Ken, YAG and Co. seem to be taking the chance to spread the VFP gospel to the other Dev Groups and .NET developers curious enough to click on a Fox-related link.

Regards,