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Visual FoxPro
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Conferences & events
Miscellaneous
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... There were 10 VFP sessions at the TechEd show in 1997 in Orlando. I think MS did thier part there.

Not really. Until recently, M$'s marketing of VFP, and FoxPro before it, was slim to none. So as well as offering the sessions, M$ needs to market/promote the incentive as to why these sessions would be beneficial to attend or else why would anyone attend.
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>>I agree with what you are stating. It's factual and there is no debating it. However, what I'm saying is that the low attendance in the past isn't VFPers fault but M$'s. With conferences out there like DevCon and FoxTeach, why would a VFPer go to TechEd, unless they or their company could afford all three. VFP sessions at TechEd should be focused on non-VFP developers, now more than ever. Because the past is the past but today and the future (according to M$) is n-tier and distributed development. Maybe they should put their marketing and money where their mouth is.
Colin Magee
Team Leader, Systems Development
Metroland Media Group Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

cmagee@metroland.com

Never mistake having a career with having a life.
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