>>>>>I used to know Robert pretty well. Have not talked to him in a while.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>Robert completely gave up on VFP long before he went to MSFT. When I worked for him at IMG he'd long since walked away from it.
>>>
>>>His job at MS was to parrot the "party line". And it took a toll.
>>
>>
>>You worked with him more closely than I did so I will defer. But it wasn't my impression that he had given up on VFP. He just felt there were other decent tools in the world as well.
>
>Yeah, well, remember the context. Always remember the context.
>
>As a partner in a consulting firm with ongoing development in VFP (such as it was) he was obligated to say certain things in public. As an employee of the firm, I heard different things.
>
>Did you know we had internal (after-hours) training in Access and VB for all the VFP guys?


Yes.