>>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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>Reaming FoxPro will not help it in any way. I think about crappy TV shows that come back the next season with a different name and the network thinking that will help. Guess what....the show is still crappy. Renaming VFP will not do anything to it. IMO, it will make things worse.
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>Client: "FoxPro?? Oh yeah, Microsoft got rid of it"
>Your reply: "No, they just renamed it"
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>This won't accomplish a thing.

In fact, I think it would worsen things. It'd look as though the product was in trouble and MS was getting panicky, rather than what I believe is current positive vfp movement in the market...