>>Let's see if we can make a difference at Microsoft!!!
>>I received this e-mail today:
>>
>>Microsoft retired the Visual FoxPro 3.0 Exam in November 1998 - but before
>>replacing it with a new one!
>>
>>That means that for 5 months there has been a FoxPro Certification BLACK
>>OUT! NO ONE has been able to get certified in FoxPro! This is not a good
>>omen for FoxPro.
>>
>>I ask your ideas, and influence as recognized leaders and experts in the
>>FoxPro community to try to encourate Microsoft to hurry up already with the
>>FoxPro certification exam.
>>
>>Please email MCP@MSPrograms.com and remind them that FoxPro is still running
>>mission critical programs for many organizations. FoxPro deserves to have a
>>Certification Exam.
>>
>>Thank you so much for your powerful attention on this matter.
>>
>>Rick Shaddock
>>C I Corporation
>>703-486-2222
>
>Why have a test that no one is taking and doesn't count toward current certification. It was for a product that is 2 versions old. The VFP 6.0 exams are under development and will be ready later this year.

I don't understand your first sentence. I would love to take a VFP test to be certified but MSFT keeps changes the rules and haven't been able to take a VFP exam since November. Finding a place that trains in it is next to impossible. I heard someone say that xBASE was a 'dirty' word because it is so hard to find good programmers. It is Catch-22. How can there be any good programmers if no one teaches the newbies to be good programmers?

VFP6 is already a year old and will be a year and a half if you are right about the schedule. This is just another way of MSFT not taking VFP seriously.
DLC