According to the messages here from Robert Green, VS.NET is a tool based on CLR and will be no longer a suite of tools. Robert says that VFP would be by itself and included with MSDN which is the suite of tools.

>Hi John,
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>I agree with you that taking VFP out is a done deal. What I am more interested is the real motive of doing so?. Historically, the marketing of VFP by MS has not being great and I do not think that it is going to be any better if it is taken out of VS.NET. If MS is going to kill VFP, I think they should just say so and not try to give us any false hope.
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>Since MS is betting their farm on the VS.NET roadmap, I would like to see a clear roadmap for VFP. If VB.NET can be changed that much, I do not see why not VFP. For those who do not like the change should pick other development language like Kylix, Oracle Developer and the like. Playing second fiddle to the VS.NET would only give MS the impetus to drop VFP sometime down the line as it does not serve any gain for MS to keep two different development technology.
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>This is my two cents worth of comments. Thanks.
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>Regards,
>Kueh.
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>>>I can't make any promises about how "significant" the level of marketing will be, but I will tell you that if we take VFP out of the VS box, we will do more marketing and the marketing we do will focus more on the things VFP does best.
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>>I'll make a promise; it won't be near .net or VS advertising. Somehow, my gut instinct tells me this is a done deal. I'm thinking VFP is going to be removed and it's being soft peddled. Call me paranoid, but I believe time will prove me right. Y'all have several of the "gurus" beating the take it out of the box drum, and the only thing that makes sense for that is - it's a done deal. Do you really believe MS is going to put any significant money into marketing? I don't mean a few ads in FoxPro Advisor either!
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>>I'm thinking it's a win-win if it stays in the box AND gets shipped before the VS Suite. That way you should be able to get some money for marketing seperately, since it'll be a year or more earlier. You will alsot have a presence in the VS marketing at a later date.