>To all:
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>If you ask me M$ is wrong in not advertising VFP more. It is one of the best tools for gui and database design. In my opinion it is way better than VB, though I have very limited experience with it. VFP is visually Object Oriented which is one thing that VB is not, this can be a very useful feature if you know what your doing. Bottom line is that if VFP ever does die VFP programmers will have VB to fall back on because they are basically the same thing, with just a little different syntax thrown in.
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>That's my .02, thanks
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>Jim
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>>Hi Scott,
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>>Didn't I just see an ad posted somewhere for VFP programmers for Pitney Bowes? I guess you didn't find anybody, eh? The only reason that I even noticed the ad is because I'm originally from CT (now living in CA, so I'm not really interested in the job). There's obviously still people programming in VFP and jobs are out there for us, so it's not dead. It's interesting how MS handles the hype for VFP tho ... does anybody else notice a similarity between this and the way IBM (non)promoted OS/2 way back when?
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>>Bonnie
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>>>Hi John,
>>>I just wanted to toss in some experiences I have just run into. I'm switching divisions in my company. The new group I'm going to has people with FoxPro/VFP experience, but we are not being allowed to use the tool. We can write our own utilities for personal use, but anything going to an end user has to be written in Access and VB. Demos have been put together showing that VFP outperforms Access for the types of applications that they are writing, but these have been ignored. The mindset of management is that VB is the way to go because MS does not stand by the VFP product. The lack of any real advertising in comparison fuels this argument. Finally, because VB is promoted so heavily, we can no longer find any experienced VFP programmers for full time work, or graduates who are willing to work with the language. The lack of bodies willing to work with VFP is another driving force to eliminate it as a viable tool in my workplace.
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>>>Do you see this trend out in your area? I'm in CT.
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>>>Scott Fitzgerald

Scott,

I did some consulting work for PB in CT for a short spell. The one thing I quickly discovered that the IT Dept was scattered into a million fragments. Different departments were using different lan technologies with no bridges, so that interdepartmental communication over the lan was impossible! Given the poor management policies of PB, It doesn't surprise me that manangement would lay down such an idiotic policy. It is truly a Dilbert Zone! In my opinion, you'd be better off getting another job altogether! Best of luck!