>I managed to pull a dog-and-pony show for some VB developers a few years ago in VFP and they became VFP-knowledgeable and now use VFP and VB accordingly because they are now familiar with the capabilities of each and the strengths of each.
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How many people was this for. Clearly, the experience you had is the exception, not the rule. Although, it has been my experience that when VB folks see VFP, they are impressed, and rightly so. Yet, most of the time, they do not cross over to the dark-side.. < bg >.

>I think this is the central tenet to this whole thread: Non-VFP developers should be exposed to VFP somehow as VFP is a superior tool to VB in almost all single-tier and most two-tier applications.
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True. Then again, I don't think you are going to see MS push the concept of single or two-tier apps,