>I think that is an unfair characterization. I just don't make a living doing contract programming so therefore the "negative" perceptions of VFP don't affect me as much (although I have probably lost some sales due to my use of VFP).

Isn't that due to some kind of decline of VFP (say reputation)?

I see folks here that loose contracts (because they're using VFP) and still think it's all ok, isn't that amazing? I already lost contracts because I'm using VFP, but I don't think it's ok.