>Jack,
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>First of all, I should make it clear that we do not develop in VFP alone. We also use MS Access and VB. And yes, we even use COBOL and PL/1 to help resolve the Y2K probelms.
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>The point I am making is that 3 years ago, Microsoft said that VFP is an important part of their toolset. They also said at the DevCon in Phoenix that they would:
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>a. educate the other product managers about the benefits and features of VFp
>b. market the product more.
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>Except for one video tape produced for that DevCon, I have not seen them live up to that promise. Their product managers, specifically the Visual Studio team, still do not give VFP the equal billing it deserves.
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>It is the developer community that is expected to market VFP.
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>Mario


I suggest you visit www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro. There are product positioning papers, an additional video, etc. Also, look at ANY Visual Studio ad. VFP is there. These are things I've said before....Robert Green's job is two-fold: 1) Educate inside Microsoft 2) Educate outside Microsoft. He is making progress on both fronts. He isn't done, but he is making progress.