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VFP is NOT an important part of Visual Studio
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Visual FoxPro
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>Unfortunately, most people will never get the the VFP web site unless they're already using VFP. As for the VS ads, VFP does appear in tiny type with the other products. However, last year MS had a huge VS campaign. Full page ads for VS, plus a full page ad for each product in VS except for (you guessed it), VFP. As far as I can tell, MS is still only marketing VFP to xBase programmers who want to leverage their xBase knowledge. That's not exactly a long-term strategy for the product.
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>>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.


I saw full page and even two page ads for VFP last year. You also need to remember that the other VS components all had new releases last year, VFP didn't. Microsoft, like any company, will push new versions more. You'll see more VFP ads this year when VS gets released.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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