>Can it be true? Is VFP the only viable desktop RAD tool for serious database development? Or, are the members of this thread a little biased ;) ?
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>If it is true then it might explain why Microsoft feels that it is not necessary to expend much marketing effort on this product.

Richard,
Did me or someone else here say that VFP is the only RAD tool for serious devt? I see that you received well-thought reasonable advices and if for some reason you are still not satisfied with them you can feel free to look at other sources, e.g. MS has white paper how to select right development tool, btw it mentiones MS-products only so you would get opportunity to call MS itself biased.