>Tamar,
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>You know, that's really nonsense. MSFT poured a major effort into VFP 3 and there was marketing and advertising. The "do nothing" marketing came much later.
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>IMHO we need to distinguish technical effort from marketing effort.
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>MS's FP team and the VFP leaders have definitely done a superb job technically.
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>But the "do nothing" marketing was already well entrenched by 1995 when VFP3 was released. I remember considerable disappointment in the FP forums about the lack of marketing surrounding the VFP3 release, with Sigler confirming that the "do nothing" behavior was deliberate. If you look at the wiki, you'll see that many VFP people were concerned, but many/most "leaders" were silent or displayed a fatalistic attitude. The only "leader" I remember remonstrating with MS in public on this topic was Jeff Winchell, who had effectively abandoned the FP camp by then.

How do you define "remonstrating". In that timeframe I was quoted in "Information Week" (or something of that ilk) reaming the *&^%$ out of MS for anti-marketing VFP. (That was when Robert Green was still my employer.)

I'm sick to death -- not to mention insulted as all get out -- of being accused of doing nothing. We put the message out. We yelled. We pounded on tables. Where were *you*!?!?!?!?! Among *other MVPs*, the Fox MVPs are known as a vocal bunch that pulls no punches. (And we're proud of that reputation!)

The fact nobody was interested seems lost on y'all.

In another thread, Mike Beane has just rediscovered dBase. It's right where its been since Borland sold it off. Borland pretty well killed it before selling it off and Microsoft's "We'll Move You" marketing campaign took what market it had left.

There's an awful lot of revisionist history being reported here.

Dan