Just remember that there were 10 VFP sessions at TechEd 97 in Orlando. The attempt was made, yet hardly anybody attended.


>Only thing is, John, that there is ZERO chance of anyone even wandering into a VFP session when there are none!
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>I have to wonder what might have happened if MS had doggedly stuck to continuing to present VFP there even with such low attendance (as I'm sure they've done for other products in the past as they tried to up their market share).
>One likelihood is that regulars would have said to themselves...'Geez, there must be something about this product, since it keep showing up here. I'd better take a look-see'.
>And there would be far less doubt in anyone's mind that VFP *IS* a MS product!
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>No, you can argue history and cost justification all you want, but it doesn't mean anything other than more proof that MS really isn't interested in marketing VFP - they've wasted far far more money (trying to) market things in the past, and will continue to do so. A few TechEd sessions, frankly, hardly amounts to the office-waste costs of one MS office for one lousy day.
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>Jim N
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>>>>So in that mindset, shouldn't at least a couple of general level VFP sessions be included?
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>>This is a logical argument you are stating here.... However, history has dictated that nobody will attend. So, while there should be sessions, the reality of nobody attending them in the past, has pretty much killed the idea. Believe me, if folks would have attended in the past, we would have sessions. You also have to remember that MS does not advocate folks using VB to suddenly start using VFP, even if folks know that VFP is the correct tool for the job. This is the part of MS's strategy I do not agree with. Yet, I understand why. MS's bread and butter is the VB market. No way MS is going to rock the boat here. Believe me, the VB camp has its fair share of problems too. Yet, is is so deeply entrenched that it must be promoted heavily. In essence, MS bet the ranch and the dog on VB technology a long time ago (8-9 years I suppose). When MS aquired Fox back in 92, the question proposed by John Hawkins was how Fox would mesh with Basic. I think technologies like ADO helps to answer the
>>question.