>When it comes to the focus on development tools at MS, it is dotNET, period. To think that any serious effort is going on that targets VFP outside the current user base is simply not seeing reality.

The focus is .NET, yes, but that doesn't make your second sentence here true.

Unless you can show otherwise, the simple fact that there is a Fox team at Microsoft indicates that there are efforts being made to sell the product.

Check out www.GotDotNet.com and look under "Get to Know .NET" and you'll see "Visual FoxPro with .NET". If MS was not serious about selling this product I doubt that would develop a vesion 8.0 or promote it on their Web sites.

>There is only 1 credible development tool message from Microsoft, and that is dotNET.

Credible? What do you define as credible? For some one that likes to toot their own horn about the serious applications that they've written with VFP, I'm surprised you think that all the work you've done with the product is simply a joke.

For what its worth, VFP is a very credible development tool. Its got a track record thats lasted 15+ years. .NET has been out for what, four months? I'm amazed that you think you have the experience to judge the credibility of a version 1.0 platform when you've deployed how many serious applications on it?

And point number 2: .NET is a platform; VFP and VS are both products. Your analogies break down before they start.

>Even if Ken could have his own way, do you think he has a budget to counter act that???

This must be the bogus logic that produces your bogus conclusions. You think that it requires an equal counter reaction to .NET to prove VFP's worth? Has it crossed your mind that MS would like to sell two solutions, one more vocally than other, but still be serious about both?

Then why would they have more than one MSDN subscription? Why would they have more than one Office productivity product on the market (Words/Word)?

The fact that you don't see VFP using the same budget as .NET does not logically mean that there is no interest at MS to make money on the prodct.

>Actually, as a shareholder, it is not in your interest to invest as much a $1 on VFP marketing. Whether you spend 1 or a million dollars, it won't make a difference to increasing shareholder value. If anything, it will decrease shareholder value.

What? Unless you have facts and figures to prove this, you're just guessing or lieing.