John P is John P :), I don't think you can put him in a catagory :). At least I would not try to. As far as the rest of your question goes, I'll try to tell you what I think.

The days of being a one trick pony in software developement or long gone, here in the States. So you better be getting ready to learn how to use, at LEAST one other tool. VFP has never let me or the people I work for down. In other words everything I have been asked to do, I have been able to do in some form of the FOX. That is until the INTERNET came along. FOX by itself don't do the net.
As for the future of FOX. I see it a lot like the economics of the US. Since we went off the Gold Standard, our economy is directly driven on how people feel it is doing. If they think times are good then Times are Good. If they think times are bad then Times are Bad. If you are comfortable using VFP and can use it to make aliving do it. (John K and Craig were right and John P was WRONG) If you find yourself getting hungry, you'll be glad you started learning that other tool.(John P was right and John K and Craig were WRONG). John P speaks the truth as he knows it, but so does Craig and John. I am not privee to the inner working at MS, and I have very limited scope to reference how much VFP is being used in other places. So take what I have given you with that in mind.

Jeff

>If I am reading John Koziol & Craig Berntson post about VFP's standing, I feel good and hopeful, but if coming from John Petersen, I feel bad and hopeless.
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>Are VFPers just disillusioned about VFP recovering?
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>Here in East Asia, Visual Foxpro is really recovering its ground in the marketplace. Are we going to be part of the product's recovery or part of making a coffin for the product? MS seems serious on their
>commitment, how about you?
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>People like John Petersen will most likely to laugh at us if VFP will not recorver. Why? He is playing safe...
>Look at his book by Prima publishing, it's nothing as compare to Hentzenwerke's.
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>I am just knew here in UT but my impression is that John Petersen is like a lawyer. It seems no fault on him, and he knows everything.
>He is the one who can make crooked, straight and the straight, crooked. He should be hired by MS as lawyer in the lawsuit and MS will most likely to win.
>Mr. Petersen is technically expert maybe, but it's not enough. I don't know his genuine color: optimist, realist, or pessimist? How about you guys?