I look at it this way: I use the tool that works best for the way
I do development. I've been spending a fair amount of time with
various other tools (VC++ and VB, but also Delphi and Borland C++)
and I still continue to depend on VFP as my main platform.

It's an excellent tool that is much better than all of the others
for stable applications quickly. Most tools can do the same things
it's just that in VFP most of them can be accomplished much more efficiently.
The things that it doesn't do well can be rather easily expanded by using
other tools to complement.

Where does that leave you and me? For me, it means I'm not giving
up on VFP. For somebody new reading this? They may want to think
long and hard whether VFP is the right choice for them, because of this.

As long as VFP is around, I'll keep on using it, but at the same time
it's important to be familiar with what else is available, just in
case <s>. If you know VFP well enough, you'll be hard pressed to
find a worthy replacement...

Also, consider of renaming yourself a Visual Studio developer and that
may take off some of the 'bad' name that VFP has gotten for no
reason in particular.

+++ Rick ---