Hello All

When I try to get a new customer for a database project, I always should face the following

customer concerns:

1- Why VFP? Why not Power Builder/VB/Delphi/Access?

I feel that VFP is superior to PB because PB is too expensive, and is not so suitable in 3-tier

development as VFP, and is somehow unstable. About VB, it lacks inheritance, and a native DML, and

a database project in VB takes at least two times development time than the same project in VFP.

About Delphi, I don't know, but I know that I can't find the superb tools we have for VFP (like

Visual FoxExpress)

But, not being an ex PB/VB/Delphi/Access developer I can't address this concern in the

professional and informed way I'd like.

To address this, I need the ultimate comparative resource, I mean an exhaustive study for each

competitive product, written for somebody very knowledgeable of the enemy.

2- But VFP is dead...or is too old XBase

I always point that VFP 6 was in Visual Studio, and that M$ is commited in the VFP 7.0

development. I say to them that VFP technology was used in ADO and in SQL server 7.0 . Then, I give

them a copy of the MIND article about VFP. But I always have the need of the "Official word", or

verificable sources of the information.

I know that some people here have access to the VFP team at M$, and even to Big Bill, I'd love to

have access to some official or not so official words from them, and more positive reviews from

magazines. Also, a paper about how the latest technologies (OOP, Internet, ADO, Activex, 3-tier,

MTS, and so on) are implemented in VFP.

3- VFP is not for Big database apps.

I need a case-study repository, about big DB apps in Fox, maybe the complete documentation of the

VFP excellence awards, and contributions about other sources (Accountmate, SBT, The US Army, the

eurotunnel...) I think that commercial software houses like Accountmate and SBT will colaborate

serioulsy with the Developers association.

BTW, count me in. My email is vchigne@corp-soft.net and i can colaborate with translations to

spanish of the documents produced.

Regards

Victor Chigne