>>Powerbuilder (as far as I know) is on fairly level ground with VFP.
>>The diffence is Powerbuilder is actively userd in 44% of IS shops
>>(information services) whereas FoxPro is not even on the map
>>(according to my reference).
>
>Uhh... and what, praytell, is your reference? Gartner Group? :-)
Uhh, Forrester Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. :)
Its out of a photocopied magazine article, but I don't know which (bottom is cropped).

The complete statistic:

What are your Top 3 general development tools? (Question posed to national IS departments)
44% -- Powerbuilder
42% -- Visual Basic
40% -- Cobol
20% -- C++
18% -- Access
14% -- Oracle
8% -- Delphi

Peter