John Ryan seems to think that if you don't have anything specific to add to VFP and large teams keep your trap shut.

Sigh. The OP specifically stated that there are other teams in his workplace using other tools. It was really very clearly stated. If the OP wanted to ask generic questions of users of other tools, he does not need to come to the VFP forum. So the question is, "why did he come to the VFP forum". Apparently you think he might have come here to be told VFP teams are a minority so he needs to look elsewhere. But if you read his actual post, it seems clear that he knows his large VFP team is special and he is proud to be part of it. He also states very clearly that he wants to hear from other large VFP development teams to share experiences. This is a VFP-oriented question asked in the VFP forum.

I think the diesel analogy is a good one. The OP described a specific need. The OP knows that petrol engines are more common. The OP comes to the diesel forum looking for people with similar needs with whom he can share war stories. The OP might reasonably feel disappointed if the thread gets turned into a tiresome interpersonal dispute, as might other diesel users who would be foolish to respond in a thread like this. I perceive lost opportunity all around.

Is there any way you can think of to prevent these sorts of interpersonal disputes ruining others' threads? I suggested that if people can't answer the OP's specific question, perhaps they need not respond- especially if their response is that the OP shouldn't expect a response! In your case, if you truly expect that there are few VFP large teams who can answer his question, all you had to do was wait 24 hours then give your explanation. If people disagreed, you could have invited them to provide their own reasonable explanation for the lack of response. Instead you leaped in at the very start- an hour after the OP created the thread- and the whole thread has turned into an argument. Whose needs are met?