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>There just doesn't appear to be room for more than one grand vision in the Developer Division at MS. Anything that is not .Net oriented is not really given much thought.

Now that's a shame...

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>It's not about fulfilling a need, it's ignoring a need that isn't going anywhere soon. Look at the popularity of non-MS tools like FileMaker.

True. It's the old "one-sized hammer no matter what size the nail is" -syndrome. FileMaker is great for what it is, but it ain't no Foxpro -- the scripting language is hideous. I can't think of anything else that comes even close to VFP, for what IT is -- small-footprint, easy-and-free-to-distribute, end-to-end AND expandable development environment with a nice OO model. What a waste, indeed, letting it wither on the vine...


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