>>That was my point...and the idea behind the Excellence Awards.
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>So, the Excellence Awards are there to pat ourselves on the back? Or, are they there to showcase to the world - the types of apps that can be written in VFP?
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>If it is the latter, I would contend that goal has not been achieved. If it is the former, then great, we get a chance to pat ourselves on the back.
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>So, is your point that there is a gap between the reach the Excellence Awards have and the reach the Awards should have? Or, is your point the Excellence Awards are reaching the correct audience????
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>Simply put - PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE VFP COMMUNITY HAVE NOT CARED, DO NOT CARE, NOR WILL THEY EVER CARE ABOUT VFP.

The VFP Excellence Awards were designed as a way to get case studies on what can be done in VFP to show the outside world. When it came down to it, the winners weren't interested in writing a case study to be published. Yes, there was a gap in the awards.