>>I was just wondering, if VFP keeps rising (more than 1% now, according to tiobe) - why does it seem that there is ever less activity (messages) here at the UT? This is still one of the best forums (the best, as far as I am concerned).
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>As I mentioned this at several occasions, one big factor is that many members are searching to find their answers. As the number messages is increasing every day, this also increases the chances finding answers by searching before posting messages. So, many members get in the forum, they search and go away. Another big factor, as mentioned by Borislav, is that the level of experience by VFP developers is increasing as the product is very mature and there hasn't been a major change in the product which would require a lot of support, such as we hae seen when VFP 3 was released. Many VFP developers are also working in parallel in .NET projects so this leverages the type of support they need. For me, this has been the case since a while now. I switch between both environments on occasional basis. So, for months, I can be mostly in .NET and then back in VFP. So, this affects my presence in this forum as for getting and providing support.

Yes, that may be at least part of the explanation.