Current estimates I've heard are around 100,000 developers worldwide, using any version of Fox. That's probably based in part on the following estimates a few years back:

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The number of developers has been in a slow decline for many years and that will probably continue, but the community is not going to disappear any time soon. Good Fox consultants have been very busy. Efforts like VFPX and eTecnologia's .NET compiler should ensure that Fox is a viable tool for a long time, at least from a technical point of view.

>Gang,
>
>I was wondering if anyone has any information on the current health of the VFP Developer community.
>
>How many developers are there now?
>In what countries are they located?
>How many User Groups are still running?
>How many Developer Conferences are there?
>Of the Dev Conferences that are still being held, how many attendees attend?
>How many books about VFP were published in 2008?
>Are there any university courses that teach VFP?
>How many VFP jobs were available in the past year?
>What is the mathematical mode of the age of VFP programmers?
>How many young programmers are viewing VFP as part of their carear?
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>We are trying to gauge the health and viability of VFP as a language apart from what Microsoft is doing to it. What is happening to the community?
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>Thanks,
>
>Steve