>To what do you attribute the 'shrinking' market of VFP?

I did'nt say it was shrinking, it simply is not growing.

>1) dBASE IV and subsequent:
> Caused by the vendor itself, by bowing to public pressure and releasing a >half-baked product full of bugs and performance problems.

I agree.


>2) WordPerfect (once the *ONLY* WP worth having/using):
> Caused by the vendor itself, by bowing to public pressure and releasing a >half-baked product full of bugs and performance problems


That and Word is just a flat out better WP

>Now to what do you attribute this demise of FP/VFP adherents? Could it not >possibly be caused by the vendor? Might they have released a half-baked and >performance-problem ridden product with VFP 3, albeit *without* public >pressure to do so? Might it have deliberately *not* done marketing for the >product, at least anywhere near the volume done by MS for other products? >Might they have left bugs unreported and unfixed for too long?

Its the chicken and egg argument - which came first. In 1992, there was a battle between the xBase market and Basic. Guess who the dominate player is. I am not interested in what caused what or whatever. I am only interested in what is.