Sadly we, as developers and MS customers, appear to have dropped the ball. While many people here appear to be divided over whether VFP is marketed enough by MS, I would have liked to have seen far more improvements than the lacklustre efforts over the last 6 years. If you look at the MS product range, there is no real RAD development tool. When MS took up Fox, there was some discussion that it would be targeted as the main contender in the 4GL market, and improved accordingly. That never happened. If you look at the technical specs of PowerBuilder, Magic, WinDev, Clarion, Omnis they all blow away every product, including VFP. Even dBase, now a minority development tool, is now vastly superior to VFP in most areas. And before someone says it, using a framework just dont cut it!

Malc
who is just dashing off to buy an asbestos suit :)