>From my VFP POV: I have four basic interests looking forward: hundreds of thousands of lines of existing code, mostly taking advantage of unusual VFP in-line data processing; 64 bit; evolving user interfaces; and protection of intellectual property.

Could've had Visual FreePro and/or Visual FreePro, Jr. with some investment (of time and coding, not necessarily of money). We got almost 60% of the VFP functions completed on our own.