>I'm surprised Craig Berntson does not know this. Gartner stated categorically that VFP is not a viable choice for new development. It came to my attention in the Gartner Healthcare IT bulletin taken by some of my clients. I first heard of it in or around 1996-1997 and the sentiment has been recycled several times since.

It has been about 5.5 years since Garnter said some negative things about the future of Visual FoxPro, all of which we know to be invalid by now. Anyone who mentions it should simply be reminded that it has been over 5 years and is not valid, all of which can be rebuted by information at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro and other sources. If you talk to someone who still is not convinced, tell them to contact me directly.