>It is worth questioning, at least in my little mind, why it is that the "established pros" of VFP are fully satisfied with the basic status quo (WishList, documentation, MS 'strategy' for VFP, SIGs/forums as basis for all, etc) yet the more "common" folk have some serious questions about it all.
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I have serious questions. And, no, I am not happy with the status quo. At the same time, I do not think the VFPDA represents a viable solution.

>There is another point to all this too, which (I feel) is commonly forgotten - countless VFP developers are not participating in SIGs or forums or even the Web for that matter, so they have no opportunity to see all of this stuff and all of the MS KnowledgeBase stuff and related stuff.
>Advertising in a 'general' periodical or two just might give them some help, ideas, etc too.
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Why is this our concern? There are probably 100's of thousands of VFP/Fox developers out there that don't participate in the community. If this is a goal of the VFPDA, to get these people in the fold, my points are made in spades...

>And it remains a total mystery to me as to WHY John constantly and consistently attacks the idea. He's said his piece, but he cannot leave it at that. That seems 'personal' to me.
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Once again, I am not attacking the idea. Rather, I am asking for the idea to be defended. I have asked questions, and nobody has made an attempt that comes close to approximating an answer.

As for being personal, perhaps you should look in the mirror...