>>At the risk of starting a lengthy, useless thread -- does anybody else feel, as I do, that "FoxPro" is a dumb name? Saying it out loud makes me squirm!
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>>I am aware of the proud history of the FoxPro name, but nonetheless I hate it. How about "Visual X" (as in "xBase") for the next release? It sounds cool and streamlined, and would make it look right at home alongside other Microsoft development tools. (But please, no "++"!)
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>>Whaddaya think?
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>I agree a name change can only help VFP. I think that my fingers can retype VXB instead?
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>It can only get press coverage and that is something that I haven't seen for VFP in a while.
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>__Stephen

When Microsoft first bought FoxPro, I asked Sherry Kennemer when Microsoft was going to rename the product to something different. She was absolutely shocked that anyone would even consider renaming FoxPro! But to tell the truth, I'm shocked that Microsoft hasn't.