Hi JohnK,

I recollect JVP also complaining that VFPers really haven't "made the committment" to attend TechEd.
This may be true, but what should it really matter for the *content* of the session? Excluding VFP on such a basis effectively eliminates any possibility of exposure by non-VFP folk. And, as we read here, it raises the question of VFP's place in VS. If it makes *us* (VFP community) wonder then imagine what non-VFP folk must be thinking!

Sure, attendance at VFP sessions there may well have been low, but this approach guarantees that it is ZERO. What can anyone learn from that???

Jim N


>Hiya David ---
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>There are usually some pre-conference sessions on other languages/databases like SQL Server at DevCon. But I agree with y'all on the basic point: If the purpose of Visual Studio is to allow us to provide multi-tier, multi-tool solutions, then what good does it do to exclude VFP from Tech-Ed or the other tools from DevCon? It's hard getting employers to pony up for *two* expensive trips.
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>I just don't see a good reason for not including VFP at Tech-Ed and I don't buy the argument that DevCon suffices. JVP makes this argument but I would strongly disagree: For example, if one of the main uses for VFP is going to be to make database components, presumably with HTML or VB or what-not at the front-end, how in the hell is a developer going to get exposure to that total concept? At DevCon? No. At Tech-Ed? No.
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>>>Also, what do the people who say you should know several languages have to say? If you can only go to one conference or the other, you will only be able to get VFP training or non-VFP training.
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>>AMEN!
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>>I couldn't have said it any better.
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>>DLC