I am posting this because there has been some major negativity in other Visual FoxPro chats on the 'net.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lazar
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 1997 8:29 AM
> Subject: RE: Comdex and VFP
>
> Please forward as app(licable):
>
> An apology for the lack of VFP presence at Comdex in Atlanta this
> week. I was the one who was scheduled to go to Atlanta, but had a
> family medical emergency which struck on Saturday and again on Sunday.
> I'll need to stay in town for the next few weeks to help out.
>
> I made the decision not to ask Robert to go as a backup, due to the
> short notice, and to the fact that he is preparing for two weeks worth
> of travel to Nashville and then to PC Expo in NYC.
>
> As for MS folks not knowing about FoxPro, we do little, if any
> championing of *FoxPro* at MS. Our main focus is on *Visual* FoxPro,
> which was installed in the Visual Studio booth. (Shame on Dave Ramsey
> for not inquiring at the VS booth <g>)
>
> Sorry for what appears to be a slight; believe me, it was not
> intentional.
>
> David Lazar
> Product Manager
> Visual FoxPro
> Microsoft Corp.