Doug

>>put that energy into pushing this product forward.<<

With respect, how, exactly, do you suggest that people here should "push the product forward?"

FYI I poured huge energy into promoting VFP some years ago. I took on Jeff Winchell as strenuously as I could, at quite a personal cost. I wrote papers about really cool national registries we did with VFP, wrote to magazines, addressed Microsoft, and generally promoted VFP. Result: competitors told clients I "actually used VFP!" as if that is a silly thing to do. Gartner was paraphrased and quoted repeatedly. MS damned with faint praise.

I came to realise that by myself, I was just being "King Canute". With no prospect of improvement I moved the company to Java (which is another story!)

So where next? I'm all ears. It seems to me that "somebody" has to target decision-makers in business if the product is to make its way. Who will do it?

Regards

JR