>>>I would be happy to see just one ad in one mainstream publication (not Fox mags)that validates VFP.
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>>We had that with VFP6, but people are still complaining.
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>I think the reason, as you say, that people are still complaining, is because it seems that the only people who have any idea what a wonderful tool VFP is are those who use it. Yet, all the time, I hear people who are in positions to make decisions on the selection of development tools (these people are not developers) tell me that VB-SQL is the only way to go. Oh yes, and what a wonderful tool Access is. It's enough to drive a man to drink - oh, wait - I already do enjoy a few wobbly pops from time to time - now I know the reason.
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>Back to the point though, how do all these non-developer decision makers know (relatively speaking) absolutely nothing about VFP and yet they seem to know all there is to know about VB-Access-SQL? Doesn't that just have to be related in some degree to the marketing of these products?


The high-level decision makers that you speak about listen to dribble and crap spewing from organizations such as The Gartner Group. They attend conferences with people in similar positions and want to appear to be envogue, so they spit forth the latest buzz words, saying things like "we're using VisualHalf-Baked for our new XML-based web services model", when in reality, they don't know crap about what they are talking about.