>I asked a local company why they don't list FoxPro in their ad anymore and here is their response:
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>"About 90% of our work is Access. Foxpro continues to lose market share down from 40% when Microsoft purchased it to about 7% today. We patch Foxpro apps but we really get calls for conversion from FoxPro DOS."


Yes. Here in the Boston area, I've seen several contract companies and IT departments remove Foxpro/VFP from their classifieds that run every week. Less demand, most likely. I've also found that companies that use VFP do so because they've converted from FP DOS apps, not for new database apps.

Add to that the negative perception out there of VFP and you've got a pretty dismal picture.

Cheers,

-JT