>>>>IntelliSense was not a huge upgrade. It allowed to improve coding productivity, that's it; i.e. it did not affect functionality. I am coding in all versions from 6 to 9 (different clients) and while I feel myself more comfortable in 9 (or 8) I still can do about the same in 6.
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>>>IntelliSense allows me to write better code faster. How is that not a huge upgrade? Granted, it more directly benefits me as a developer rather than the end-user, but better code faster does provide an indirect benefit to them too.
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>>>If IntelliSense isn't enough for you, how about the upgrade from VFP 6 to VFP 9? You get all the features added in VFP 7, 8, and 9, many of which DO directly benefit the end-user. Take a look at the Themed Controls project on VFPX (you can see some of it in a video I create last week: http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2008/07/creating-explorer-interfaces-in-visual.html). It's not possible to do that in any version prior to 9 and the user will definitely notice that user interface.
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>>>Doug
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>>I meant functionality is still the same, which is a good thing for clients, by the way, and bad for MS. I don't see a reason to beat that horse again. VFP allowed a developer catching 'too much' profits between end-user and software vendor, i.e. client could pay to developer leaving vendor aside; it could not last for long. People did not upgrade from 6 to 9, because 6 was quite sufficent for business purposes, especially comparing with 9.
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>Someone using a development tool to make their living, or some significant part of it, doesn't want to use the best tool available in order to save a couple hundred bucks? I don't get that at all.

Don't you get couple hundred bucks? If yes, then it is not a question of living.
Let say you have a client with VFP6 application. Would you have to charge your client for the upgrade, or will you do it for free?