I hope you're right. Of course your perception may be scewed ( how the heck to you spell scewed - i.e. slanted - no r ) in that an inordantly high percentage of VFP users probably by *your* books < g >
Though it does make you wonder how serious developers are if they are not buying books, subscribing to mags, attending conferences or participating in the on-line stuff. I know a few "developers" in that category and I find it hard to take them seriously and find their skills *really* sub-standard.
>>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.
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>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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>Tamar
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