3 stars means good for me. Everyone has his own taste for
tools. I think VFP is very good and unique at its embedded
SQL(local db engine), Macro substitution, OO, Data dictionary
design(very useful in design-time), smoother learning curve
and cheaper price. These features make it better db app. dev.
tool than VB or Delphi.

But a little unfortunately, VFP seems losing its market share
here (Taiwan). As an author of 3 VFP books, I was contacting
with MS-Taiwan to do something to make this cool product more
active. Let developers here know that their old FOXfriend can
do Web-enabled or 3-tier very well.


Chris Lee