>>>VFP 5.0 is the best and fastest database management development tool ever created. Businesses rely on data management to make their money. They need people to do that for them. We are there for them. I rest my case.
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>>>(Bill Gates INDEED had a vision when he purchased it)
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>>In a world without politics and hidden agendas, that statement would answer all questions. However, as Carl has pointed out, it's not that simple.
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>>The Edsel was a fast, safe and reliable car, but it was funny looking so it died. Since Foxpro is not all things to all people it means that someone has to actually think about the problem before deciding whether foxpro is the right tool and whether it can do it at all. With VB, there's no thinking, it'll do it, one way or another, may not be the BEST answer, but it's the EASY answer.
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>>I'm still trying to figure out why there are so many positions available at companies that are 'upgrading' from FPD/FPW to Access???!!! It's like trading up from a 67 Camaro to a 98 Ninja Motorcycle...DUH! (Anyone suspect that I like cars?? lol)
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>>Matt
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>So many positions available at companies that are 'upgrading' from FPD/FPW to Access, because it's 'vox populi' for people who are NOT programmers, and most of people are really not programmers. In my company (it's big enough) many end-users think that systems I wrote for them in VFP, are actually written in Access or VB, or at least VFP is just another name for this stuff.

Wow! Your users actually know about Access and VB? I guess my users are pretty dumb. My users don't care and don't want to know what program/language I use as long as it gets their job done. However, I've found one user actually "playing with" Access the other day. Do you think my job is in jeopardy? NOT!!! :)))
John.