>I was at the recent SQL Connections conference a few weeks ago, and a speaker by the name of Bill Vaughn (he used to work at MS on the VB team) asked the attendees what development tools they used. He mentioned VFP - there were a handful of us - to my surprise (since there was strictly a SQL Conference) - who raised our hands.
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>He went on to comment something to the effect that VFP is used extensively in Europe and South America...
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>Curious, since you mentioned it - what is different with Germany as opposed to the rest of Europe with regards to VFP?

Purely speculation, but I guess economics. Since VFP comes with its own robust database, the overall costs are much lower than what you would have with other development tools.