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.
What are you going to do? In certain situations you can't win. I lost out on a potential sale to Sun because I use MS products. I didn't think it would have been wise to dump MS and starting using java just because I lost out on one potential big deal.