>Just a silly question here but have you thought of asking Robert Green or other MS VFP team members that appear here on the UT your question? Personally I didn't see the reason in ranting and raving about it unless someone specifically asked them and they replied, "No we won't market VFP any better." Then I'd rant and rave. Just my opinion.
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Actually, John I did exactly that right here on UT, on 2/6/01, in the following reply to Robert Green under the "WikiWatch #3: Should VFP be in Visual Studio.NET?" thread:

http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?UniversalThread~?2,55,473299,1

I also brought up the idea in this earlier reply to Ed Rauh on 2/3/01 under the same thread:

http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?UniversalThread~?2,55,472143,1

Furthermore, I quoted the message I had sent to Robert Green and I cited both of these references on the http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~OpenLetterBogusCounterArguments page, which contains some other important discussion you might find it worth your time to read. Let me also add that I went straight to this specific suggestion from the outset, as you can see on the http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~OpenLetterRecommendationsSection~VFP page.

Needless to say, Microsoft didn't say "No we won't market VFP any better.", they said nothing and did nothing. They continue to exert their paltry VFP marketing efforts strictly within the VFP community itself, and strictly in the future tense. I don't blame Robert Green or the VFP team for any of this. What would it cost Microsoft to do simply as I asked, mention VFP in the Direct Access Newsletter, and let us help compose the blurb? This would be a great start to remedying a universally recognized problem that the VFP community has endured for too long. I sincerely believe that we could reasonably hope to persuade Microsoft to take this tiny action if enough of us simply said clearly, openly, and in unison "Yes, we think this small step would be a good start." Frankly, I think that MS will eventually see the light and just do it (before we ever send them any formal letter), so I find myself for the first time actually looking forward to each week's issue of Direct Access, to see if perhaps this week they finally got the message. Until then, I would strongly encourage people add their names to the list, and let history note how many names it took before the great elephant really payed attention to the field mice.

Mike