>I also remember seeing a letter from George Goley
>of MEI on the net somewhere. This article
>discussed his vision of all of MS development
>tools and how they will be used in the future. It
>was on some page, maybe the Cobb group I think?
>MEI may also have a site with this posted if you
>are interested. Check out
>a letter to Michel Fournier dated June 4-5. It
>discusses the future VFP. At least VFP 4.0 is
>coming, I have the beta. And, the letter to MF
>mentioned VFP 5.0. I think VFP is safe for at
>least the next couple of years. But, my boss also
>told me that VFP is dead and to learn VB. Not a
>bad idea to increase your skill set. It is very
>dangerous to limit yourself to one tool set. I
>have dabbled some with Delphi, Access and even VB.
>None of these compare to the power of VFP. I am
>still a VFP fan. If I had a choice, I would use
>VFP when possible. Delphi has been recieving rave
>reviews and it is also worth a look at if you are
>going to diversify your skill set. Well, just
>some thoughts.
>
>>>>Example: I don't know how many times I have
>had
>>>>requests for programmers with Fox/VC++/VB
>>>>experience. When I ask them why I mainly get

One thing that makes me nervous ... Beta 4.0 is now 5.0! Why are they skipping? Is it to fullfill the promise of a VFP 5.0 version?