Craig,

SNIP
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>The product was produced and released by MS Press, not the Fox team, so any marketing effort, or lack of it, rests with a different group.

Geez, it *is* hard to get something positive going with you on this subject...

First you cavalierly dismiss a suggestion for educational material by saying that they've tried that and it failed, using the "Mastering..." product to prove the point.

Now you say they may not have marketed it (you don't know), they didn't check with buyers to get any feedback (you don't know) and that it was MS Press and not the VFP team who did the whole thing so it is MS Press' "fault".

Understand this: NO ONE IN THIS THREAD (that I've seen at least) thinks it is the VFP Team's "job" to do the marketing for VFP. All acknowledge the VFP Team's dedication to the cause of making VFP the best possible product that it can be.

You seem to have real trouble understanding this, Craig. Wanting something out of MS (marketing-wise) does NOT (repeat: NOT) imply crapping on the VFP Team.

So there is absolutely no need for you to continually "defend" the VFP Team in this thread because it is NOT the VFP Team that is being hounded here.

regards,
JimN