George

>>Gee, this must be a hoax, Craig. As I've read so often around here, Microsoft would never, ever do anything that might encourage the use of VFP over VB.<<

While I'm pleased to see a quote like this, I'm not sure it is something to have a party about.

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Perhaps it is a cultural thing... but can you point me to the bit of the quote that encourages use of VFP over VB or VC++? I don't see it.

OK, so VFP is fast at strings. VFP is written in C++. So...

VFP has OO. So does VB and C++. So...

VFP allows reuse of legacy code. Ah.

To be honest, some people might perceive the quote as being a bit defensive... sort of like

"Why would you live in Outer Mongolia?

Because real estate is cheap, you can ski all year around, healthcare is free, and your black-and-white TV will be the best on the block."

My take: this quote will do nothing to improve VFP's perception by business decisionmakers. I don't see hordes of seasoned VB'ers or VC++'ers responding to the bugle call, either. In short, it is marketing to *us*. Pretty effective marketing it seems as well.

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Regards

JR