The issue of newbie and developer resources is tied directly to product perception. The issue is the perception that Foxpro is "just" xBase, no more than "@ 2,2 GET x." People think it is old technology. They don't know about the SQL language extensions, the OOP, the ability to use the API.

What's up with that?

I recall working at PSS back in the dark ages, around the time of the purchase of Fox Software, and I remember always hearing how Fox was "going away." We speculated this was because it wasn't "the" favorite product ... Beginner's All-purpose Slow Instruction Cruncher ... (not that there's anything wrong with that) ... but Fox generally required a different skill set than the other product.

Then there was the speculation that the lower-priced Foxpro might actually interfere with SQL Server sales to small businesses.

Finally, wasn't Fox only purchased for its Rushmore engine, which supposedly went into that other so-called "database" product?

It was all just rumors, speculation, and conjecture on my part.

For whatever reason, I haven't heard of any big marketing extravaganzas to push Visual Foxpro. Without the big marketing push, Visual Foxpro seems doomed to remain a niche product ... even though it has the capability of building applications upon which an entire company can run.

Maybe that IS the problem ...

...but what do I know?