>I have recently (the past 2 months) been working on a VB Internet Application. My company has recently hired (last week) a tech. lead for this Internet Team. This past week this individual has told me that VFP and ColdFusion were dead and has "knocked" VFP plenty of times.
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>Now I know that VFP is not dead and I know what a powerful tool it is. I have heard that rumor since I have been using it. I don't know much about ColdFusion or the company who maintains it, however, I used it once and was very impressed with it.
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>My question is, has anyone had experience's with these self-acclaimed VB experts and what did you learn from your experience?
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>Any comments would be appreciated.
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>TIA
>Scott

Hi Scott,

I run into people like this every now and again. It is usually pointless to take an argumentative approach. What I find effective is to ask these types of people, very politely, to validate their statements. Ask them where they received their information, and how you can get a hold of it, to review for yourself.

A lot of the time, people make baseless statements to make themselves look better or more knowledgable than their peers. Asking them to effectively "prove" their information can sometimes cause some embarrassment on their part, and put an end to unfounded remarks, whatever they may be.