You forgot to send a million stuffed foxes to MSFT (like the Save Jericho fanatics) :o)
http://www.krittersinthemailbox.com/animals/foxes/stufani611.htm



>>>That said, have you really never been invited to do one of those Microsoft surveys that ask about what you use? I get them every now and then.
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>>>I think I've seen one, when I visited the MS website years ago. Nothing since. Mind you, machines I use are locked down pretty tight so if surveys are in the form of pop-ups or unrequested e-mail, I never see them.
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>>Yeah, they send email asking you to do the survey and that's one of the ways they figure out how many are using different products.
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>>Tamar
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>I've been reading this thread off and on over the past week or so and I feel the need to point out that the king isn't dead. He's only wounded. If you want VFP to continue, create and put in place as many VFP apps as you can. Do your very best to show the world how great VFP is by sticking it in their face. In every 'about' form I say something like 'Created with Visual FoxPro Version 9 SP1'
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>Secondly, everyday go to google and enter this search "foxpro programming". Doing this will help push VFP up the ladder of most popular languages at http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index where Visual FoxPro is presently listed at number eighteen.
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>Thirdly, brag about it to every developer and geek you speak with. There are so many good things about VFP that, with a little practise you'll be able to diplomatically crush any argument they come up with.
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>So, to sum up. It is up to us to show MS they made a mistake. Which I believe they did.