>>>I used to know Robert pretty well. Have not talked to him in a while.
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>>I was always a bit puzzled by the guy. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but he saw VFP's future as a middle tier tool.
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>Robert was treading water. He just barely escaped assasination at Devcon one year when they corraled us in the big hall and started passing out the koolaid. We didn't drink and many were VERY agitated. That was the day when the handwriting appeared on the wall saying "VFP will die soon". Many didn't want to believe it, be my little crew saw it and understood it. We discussed it, we cussed it, then we cussed it some more. Reality being what it is, we have now decided to adopt the newest language and I have also started learning other languages like php and pearl.

I have only anecdotal evidence that he demoed the speed advantage of ASP calling VB6 COM objects talking to SQL server vs VFP5 (or maybe he had VFP6 already) talking straight to SQL server, and thus convinced them to go that route and gradually kill the VFP app. In the end, the ASP/VB/COM/SQL never really took off, and the company sank.