Agnes,

I agree with every word you have said.

I would go further and say that VFP's strength is to build database driven GUIs. If I want to do something else, I will use a more suitable tool.

If you look through the Toledo wish list, it seems that 99% of people want the tools to create better data driven Windows GUIs - not XML/Internet/COM etc. I don't program for the sake of fashion, and if I did I would probably be using C# ... now there is a thought.