Hi!

>>Personally, I attended the Miami DEVCON last year, but I was not able to find where this discussion was to even see it. Do you think the 'Majority' of people are just VFP gurus attended Miami DEVCON that talked with MS?
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>Could be. I also happen to know that the VFP team watched the threads here regarding the subject, and sometimes approached people they considered experts to solicit their opinion on the subject.
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>> This is not majority. Just people that attend DEVCONS, quite active in the writing articles and like to discuss something (usually MVPs), and attracted by MS. Well, you think they can talk with MS for all VFP community. But the Majority is not these people.
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>In MS' defense, they can't talk to _all_ the developers. There has to be some selection/ sampling mechanism, and choosing to speak with conference attendees and /or acknowledged experts sounds as valid as any.
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Well, good point. But in this thread there was an idea to organize votes. Well, votes for inplementing ERs is one thing. But what prevents MS just make a page on MS site that ask a couple of questions and avery developer can show his opinion on subject on that page by answering the questions? I guess it will cost MUCH less than orginizing the huge commercials like MS did at the Miami DEVCON.

More, last time I see most gurus changed their direction towards VB.NET, C# and many other new things leaving VFP outside of their interests. Why than choose these gurus for being the main people representing VFP community? I agree they did a great things in the past for VFP developers, but things are changing and now it is quite hard to tell...


>>Let me know if I missed something. I understand that after such words I can never get MVP status,
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>I wouldn't bet on it. MVP award is not an MS ass-kissing award (except for a couple of cases), it's given based on your service to the community. IMO, you're a prime candidate.
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I want to hope that this is true.

>> but its pity to see how MS rule us, VFP developers, instead of doing something really needed for real VFP majority.
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>I strongly disagree with you here. Just because something you wanted personally didn't make it into the next version is no indication that they weren't listening, or chose to ignore the 'majority'.
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Well, its sad you think I want something personal. Being here at UT for some time I see a lot of things that do not match with things that MS do and that guru do.