Hi Rebecca (and All) ---

IMHO the new MCSD certification is a sham. The only subjects you are required to know at a reasonable degree of proficiency are VB or VC++ and this does *not* make you an adequate solution developer.

An expert VFP developer brings a lot more to the table than the equivalent skill level in VB or VC++.

And, objectively, where in the heck does this put SQL Server developers? I would trust an expert SQL Server person over an expert VB person any day of the week to engineer an enterprise solution.

If MS is going to be seen as a serious database provider, then they have to have a new cert track for VFP and SQL Server if they are unwilling to include those tools in the core of MCSD.

Maybe MCEE (Microsoft Certified Enterprise Engineer)?

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>We can sympathize with your level of frustration due to the discontinuance
>of the Visual Fox Pro exam. However, based on the current level of
>interest in certification for this particular product a new exam could not
>be justified.
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>We will continue to support the Visual Fox Pro product with the release of
>Visual Fox Pro 6.0, we just won't be offering a certification track.
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>We appreciate your comments and suggestions. If there is anything else we
>can do for you please let us know and thank you for e-mailing us at
>MCP@msprograms.com.
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