>My 2 cents here....
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>My question is "Since Microsoft does so little advertising of FoxPro in the Business world...
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>WHY do they keep it around at all????"
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>Tommy
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>My answer - So they won't create a total image of abandoning developers who have depended on them for their tools in an ever changing business world.


I disagree. MS has abandoned lots of products in the past. FoxPro makes money. That's why it's still there.

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>You have to admit, they have been faithful to us FoxPro programmers (and we are small fish in a biggggggg pond) with an excellent tool.... timely updates.... except for the advertising, you couldn't ask for much more.


Yup. MS has made lots of changes to Fox. Changes for the better.

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>And you never know... with great 3rd party tools like West-Wind and FoxWeb, and a possible FoxPro 8.0 someday.... maybe the business world may take a 2nd look again. You never know!?!
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Every few months I find another company here in SLC that is use Fox. It totally surprises me when I learn that. 3M HIS, where I currently work, is one example.