I don't agree with you on this point. Lots of the concepts from VFP have made their way into the .NET tools and languages. LINQ is one example. And I'll bet that VFP has caused lots of SQL Server licenses to be sold.
>VFP is enemy of c# and MS SQL ;-)
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>MartinaJ
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer