I remember when VFP3 was out the rumours already started that this was the last version of VFP. No one can deny this as it must have been experienced by many of us. This fact alone indicates that MS was not putting out the right marketing message. Wrong marketing message leads straight to declining sales.

You cannot blame the customer for falling sales. "My client didnt buy my product so its his fault" ?! What a strange idea about how business works ...


>Oh, please!! Figure it out, Cathy! If M$ had been signaling that they really supported this product then people would have been far more likely to upgrade. Far more likely. This is a situation manufactured by M$ and you can't see that?! They turned their back on it, people saw that and figured "I'd better go elsewhere", then M$ turned around and said "oh, we can't produce this anymore because everyone has left." Does this set of events evade you? If so, why? Now you sound more and more like an M$ apologist. You and Andy can take the "blame it on the community" concept and go jump in a lake!
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>>You are entitled to your opinion .. but I do not agree with you. I personally know Andy and I agree with what he says in that blog. If nobody is buying YOUR product .. YOU wouldn't have any future income to make improvements to the software. Why would YOU continue to make upgrades to YOUR product if people aren't buying it. That's just common business sense in any industry!!