To see any kind of marketing or promotion directly from Microsoft would be refreshing.

-- Now, let me see when was the last time I've seen Foxpro promotion on a main stream "Technology" publication (i.e. PC Weekly)?... I can't remember.....

Then again I said I'll never get involved with this type of thread again....


>Craig

>>VFP will NEVER get the marketing dollars of VB, but some people are wanting just that. It's time to wake up, grow up and face reality.<<

>Who told you that people expect that? I've read carefully and the above sounds like a "straw man" argument to me.

>People are asking for "marketing". Not the same marketing as VB, not millions of dollars, just marketing. Any marketing.

>FYI Marketing is not just a few ads scattered here and there and a page on a website or two, it is a planned process to build awareness and approval. it targets people like Gartner. It also makes sure that MS employees do not bag the product. Simple processes that generate significant results need not cost a fortune.

>Compare Kylix with VFP and you will see the difference between a proper marketing campaign and a damp squib. One generates excitement, interest and approval. The other (so far) makes not a jot of difference to anybody who does not already use the product.

>I hope I'm wrong, Craig, but to date the "evidence" tends to support me, not you.

>Regards