Ok, let's be honest here. It was mostly the community that killed Foxpro (I'm referring to low sales here by current users - not new sales) but it was also the community that saved it. VFP is used by the government in some very important apps. I know because I worked on them for 7 years. In order to kill VFP officially, MSFT had to provide a replacement and an affordable path to move to that replacement tool to the government or risk a LOT. I don't have to mention what all would be at risk. That was finally done (not just the replacement tool but that training and some other deals like hardware and connectivity and new technology deals as well) so now the road is clear for MSFT to let VFP fade away overtime. Only a community where everyone put their money where their mouth is and bought huge quantities of VFP9 would even cause a bump in the current road. It still wouldn't happen because the BIG deals and agreements have been done.




>With all due respect Cathy, as a business owner isn't it YOUR job to convince YOUR client to buy YOUR product so that YOU can stay in business? Marketing being a prime example of how one goes about convincing clients to buy products.
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>And with all due respect Jos, isn't it your jjob to convince YOUR clients to hire you for YOUR expertise so that YOU can stay in business? Since when is it Microsoft's job to do that for you?
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>I cater to the small to medium sized business man. He does not care what language I write my solution in. He has a business problem that is causing him pain and he just wants me to solve his problem and take that pain away.
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>Trying to sell a VFP solution to one of the fortune 500 is going to be a very hard sell. But that is not my target market, so why would I care?