Hi Dave,

The FoxTeam itself is doing a great job. It is the exposure of VFP which is lacking among other marketing who are selling "solutions" from MS.

VFP is just way ahead when it comes to data.

>>This was my guess. My personal opinion is that MS does not realize the power of VFP and which category it should fall into.
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>My guess is MS realizes the power and simplicity of VFP and that IS WHY it is being marginalized.
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>You gotta look at this from a practical/business point of view.
>Once MS convinces a business owner to run their systems they do not want a raging debate about which software tool to use.
>Trash talk about each product begins ; that is not a good way to sell your product.
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>So VFP will continue to be promoted WITHIN the VFP community and nowhere else.
>VB will be promoted outside in the "world at large".
>this minimizes any debates/(trash talk) about which product is the "best enterprise" database solution.
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>And i will keep churning out apps 5 times faster than a VB developer with 5 times my programming experience.
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>Dave.