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this could be because a lot of Fox people have sold their soul to the devil and moved over to VB (making Fox people harder to find).
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Hmmm... I wonder if Fox people have moved to VB because of a lack of VFP jobs?

If you really want to be pissed at somebody - be pissed at MS. After all, as I see it, the problem is not in the devleoper community.

Eventually, if you don't market a product, the product dies...

I would submit that for some time to come, there will still be a lot of Fox JOBS - not I did not use the word CAREER. They still need to be supported. People still get training..


>>The general trend is towards higher rates -

You say this as if it is a bad thing? You see these people as selling their souls. I see them as smart. If you know VB, and you are faced with getting $125/hour for a VB job and $80/hour for a VFP job - and making the timeframes equal and the type of work - the guy who picks the VFP job over the VB job is not only an idiot - he is a lousy business person...

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