I hope Mr. Johnston usually writes better and is less controlled by spinmeisters than he is in this article.


>As expected, the tech media are starting to pick up the news about No VFP 10. Writing for Application Development Trends (ADT), Stuart Johnston has published a brief, well written article in which he delivers the news and, to his credit, also mentions VFP9 SP2, Sedna and VFPX. The article is at http://adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=20382. In response to his comparison of VFP to Access, however, I posted the following comment:
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As you noted, FoxPro has always been something of a 'poor stepsister' within Microsoft, but not so much with respect to Access as to SQL Server, Visual Basic, and Microsoft's other developers tools. Access is a desktop database and does not compete in the same arena as Visual FoxPro. Although there will not be a VFP 10, Visual FoxPro remains one of the best developers tools available for building the types of applications commonly needed by thousands of small and medium-sized businesses. VFP's extremely fast local data engine also qualifies it as a superior tool for building middle tier components with a SQL Server (or other enterprise database) back end. Visual FoxPro is a mature product benefiting from 15 years of improvements under Microsoft's stewardship, and will continue to be useful for a long time to come.

>Which, I guess, pretty well sums up my feelings on the matter. Plan for the future, but live in the present. Fiat volpes (let there be Fox)!