>>>>What is the name of this consulting group?
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>>>GARTNER GROUP, INC.
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>>>>Is this consulting group a competitor of Microsoft related to
>>>>a database package?
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>>>I wish I had that knowledge ! A proven relation of this kind
>>>would put an end to this nonsense.
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>>If you look at things the Gartner Group has said regarding the future of software products, you'll find that they are wrong more than they are right. The most recent statement from Microsoft on the future of FoxPro (Oct, 1996) was a direct reply to a Gartner Group prediction on the future of FoxPro. (Available at www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro).
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>Do you know of any publication by the Gartner Group that might prove their BAD attitude towards VFP ?


October 96 -- They said that it would be discountinued by Microsoft and that you shouldn't use it.

Craig