>Bob Davies was a visionary who made a lot of money for a lot of us. Including himself, of course. My first breakout with FoxPro, apart from the FoxForum and plain old fashioned hard work, was doing some SBT work for a woman who owned a company in Seattle. I did not like SBT for a minute but it sure paid the bills. She said that is not an unusual view.

Yes. The last I heard about Bob was that he had won a tough fight with cancer and was sailing in the Caribbean after selling SBT for over $20 million. I hope that he's still enjoying it.

One of the reasons I'm typing this is that I have to take frequent breaks from a distasteful project I'm working on.. modifying some SBT forms.. ugghhh. SBT never won any prizes for esthetics... but as you said.. it pays the rent.