>Generally during discussions between programmers some who use VB/Access or VB/Oracle or VB/SQL or D2K/Oracle and those who use VFP it is seen that VFP is normally put down by all the others as being outdated, unreliable, not good for reporting etc.
>i have personally not had any problems but am unable to answer correctly or intelligently to the comments and sarcasm of others.
>could someone let me know the differences in the above and the best way to counter someone who puts VFP down.

If someone puts down VFP and it appears that they have no idea what they are talking about, I generally tell them that "I tend to disregard opinions of the uninformed...".

I can't get over how many developers have this attitude. If anyone asks me about a language I have never used, I'll tell them that I don't have an opinion because I don't have experience using it - but there alot of others out there whe figure they know-it-all . . . even if they have never touched the product.

Al