>>>I understand you are sincere in this question, but I think >I was just playing with some numbers in my head and they are probably all wrong but let's say there are 10,000 people who develop Fox full time and make their living from it.
>>Based on what I know about book sales, and my sense that only a small percentage of the people who use any given product actually buy books for it, I think you're way low.
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>So, how about sharing with us what you know about book sales and about where that percentage is?

Sorry. I think the book sales info definitely falls into the category of proprietary business information.

As for the percentage, I think fewer than a quarter of all VFP developers, maybe as few as 10%, own even one book on the subject. I've heard too many stories of people walking into FoxPro shops and finding the only books there to be the manuals. Don't forget that we don't get to walk into most of those places; if we're coming it, it's because they're willing to go beyond their own resources.

Overall, a very small percentage of developers (in any language, I think) buy books, buy magazines, go to user groups, go to conferences, or participate in online forums.

Tamar