Oops. Yeah, I meant Craig. Sorry Jim. I know that there is room for many different views on the topics we're all discussing, why else have a discussion right? Many of these topics are grey areas or touch on personal preference.

I just think that Craig was off base on his response to my original thread, particularly concerning the marketing effort behind VFP. He came off as if he was pontificating. Look back at the first few msgs in the thread and read the mktg dialog.

It's all well and good to have opinions but if you have to defend your opinions with nonsense it might be time to get a new opinion. Know what I mean? The statement that (paraphrasing) 'it isn't MSs business to influence what languages kids are learning' is preposterous. In fact, that's exactly what they should be doing. This is something the Cigarette mfgs and Apple figured out long ago. Hook a kid (or a student) and you've likely got him for life.

MS has always been afraid that pushing FP and VFP would erode marketshare for their VB franchise. Anyone who believes, (despite what MS says) that they (MS)are firmly committed to increasing VFPs marketshare regardless of it's impact on VB - is NUTZ. They are pushing VFP just hard enough to satisfy the VFP community but well short of what it would take to broaden it's usage, or increase it's mindshare. MS should see to it that kids coming along see VFP as a contender, a viable alternative (spare me the Visual Studio everybody works together song and dance) to VB that is superior in many ways.

Sorry Walter, I know you didn't sign up for that diatribe.