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>No doubt that there should be some marketing efforts. Let's see what the folks at MSFT do in the next month or so. IOW, let's at least give them a chance to show us what they think is best before we start criticizing them. That's what has been bothering me - a sort of pre-emptive panic. <g>

I made a few comments in this thread last week and I haven't noticed any 'panic' in any of what I've read - just a sense of disappointment (and perhaps a bit of anger) that VFP gets little or no respect - largely because it is virtually ignored by the MS marketing machine. I'll be the first one the tip my hat to MS if they made a sincere effort to market 7.0 - I just don't have any confidence that it will happen.

Have a look at the VFP home page http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/default.asp - you 'll see an advertisement to attend Tech-Ed 2001 and get .Net Beta 2 - what an incredible offer! No mention, at least on the VFP home page - of the soon to be released VFP 7. Need any more be said?