>>Dave, just as a heads up: I've pulled some early copies of CoDe. ;-) It started in >>2000 at which point there really was a predominance of VFP stuff. By 2002 certainly >>it had a distinct Net article focus. E.g. by the Jan/Feb 2002 issue the content is >>overtly Net. However, it's interesting to review the advertising to see who companies >>thought the mag was aimed at. Here's the full advert list from the Jan/Feb 2002 issue:


>>2-page Microsoft advert for VFP
>>inContext Web authoring tool
>>MereMortals for VFP
>>Book- C/S applications with Visual Foxpro and SQL Server
>>AFP for VFP
>>Visual FoxExpress 6.3 for VFP
>>Brinkster Web Hosting
>>West Wind for VFP
>>Hentzenwerke books- VFP
>>CodeMine framework 7.0 for VFP
>>VisionData
>>TakeNote Training
>>VisionData again- for VFP of course
>>West Wind again
>>Visual UML
>>EPS Fox Extension classes for VFP
>>DataClas SQL Server for VFP
>>EPS VooDoo Web Controls for VFP
>>Universal Thread
>>And on the back inside cover- at last!

>>1-Page ad for Microsoft ASP.NET Connections.
>>QED. ;-)

>>IMHO the CoDe boys did well by enlarging/shifting their audience to a more mainstream >>MSFT audience. I'd >>have to say, reviewing their site and "anniversary" articles, >>you'd never guess how it all began.

What was the "tag line" for this issue?
I bet it said something like "Microsoft COmponent DEveloper": "CODE"


>>In any case, we can all do our part to ensure that these new publications are >>successful. ;-)

I am not here to make magazines successful.
If a publication helps me deliver solid software solutions I'll buy it.

Previous Foxpro publications failed because there are fewer and fewer Foxpro developers every year. There are less and less young programmers willing to take on the task of learning Visual Foxpro. If I were starting my software development career today I would spend my precious learning time with other technologies.

FoxRockX may work for a while... but the number of subscribers under the age of 30 is miniscule. I bet in 1996 the percentage of "under 30" subscribers to "Foxpro Advisor" was much higher.

I think they should call it "FoxRocked" because from 1996 to 2000 VFP was awesome.
But, its over now...

Dave.