I think that one thing many VFP people don't realize is the effect that VFP has has on Microsoft. Rushmore has been incorporated into Jet, and quite probably SQL Server. ADO is based on the VFP cursor engine. The VFP editor is the only text editor MS makes that doesn't load the entire file into memory. Many people at MS use it just for editing large files. These are the things I'm aware of. I have no doubt there are many more.

We often complain about people that don't give VFP it's due recognition. We spam them with emails, postings, etc. (see the recent editorial in Smart Access and the postings regarding it here and on the wiki). IMO, we should email the editor of VBPJ and thank him for his support.


>The current editorial in Visual Basic Programmers Journal has a short review of the challenges of VB and the heros which helped VB to succeed. VFP was part of the success...
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>"VB's heroes come in many shapes and from some unlikely places. One rarely acknowledged hero: Visual FoxPro, which Microsoft acquired in 1992. Several of the people who were responsible for adding inheritance and many other features to FoxPro eventually joined the VB team, including Rob Copeland, Drew Fletcher, and the tenacious Eric Rudder. This group played a critical role in a dev team transitioning from VB3's 16-bit programming world to VB4's 32-bit-programming, classes, OLE Automation, and COM."
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>http://www.vbpj.com/upload/free/features/vbpj/2001/07jul01/en0107/en0107.asp