Well Nick. It's not as simple as that.

We can do all that, and more. A full page ad in PC-Week makes devcon fees look tiny.

M$ is the only one that should be looking towards that venue. Not us.

Remember the press that the BIGGER ford "suburban parking beast" got. It was tremendous. Why did it get it? It was new. It was different.

Say that M$ did the same with a bigger version of VFP. It too would get press.

If we put a WEB presences together what would it gain? Not a freaking thing. There are plenty of those, including this one. Who would be prompted to look for it? No one. I see a waste of money and time. Either resource I don't want to pass to this ARK.

"Hey Noah, how long can you tread water?" Bill Cosby

__Stephen Russell


>>I like the concept. I still say that a New & Improved VFP will be a yawn.
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>>Now could M$ take the concept you described and bend PCWeeks arm for a 2 page ad? Sure. Would that get read as a NEW direction by M$. Yes.
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>The problem as I see it here is that Microsoft is not going to move in that new direction. If they wanted, they would do it already. If WE want this to happen we have to promote VFP ourselves. I think placing the ad in magazines like PCWeek and others would make some waves. I think it is a good idea to set up the web site (called say, White Fox Pages) with more detailed information about companies who work with VFP and applications they have done and post the link there in the ad.
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>Nick