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The emergence of an alternative to VFP !!!
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
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Visual FoxPro
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01084358
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01084391
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Hi

I think there are a number of possible alternatives:

1) www.alphasoftware.com
2) www.xharbor.com
3) www.windev.com
4) www.dabodev.com (in development)
5) www.alaskasoftware.com
6) www.dbase.com (though I am not sure how long this will last)

Regards,
Simon White


>Now that it is very clear the Microsoft are gradually putting VFP to bed, I wonder what new product will emerge and take it's place?
>Surely we are not going to be left with only 2 alternatives - Microsoft Access or SQL Server.
>There is definitely a market for a "middle of the road" product like VFP that is ideal for applications that:
>
> (a) Do not need something as powerful as SQL server
> (b) Are easy to deploy and have their own database engine
> (c) That are also more powerful and faster than MS Access
>
>In the past this market was taken up by products like VFP, Paradox, Powerbuilder, FileMaker etc.
>Since Microsoft does not believe that there is market for such a product anymore, are there any third party developers thinking on what will be a good replacement for VFP?
Simon White
dCipher Computing
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