>That's about what Borland did with dBASE when they decided they didn't want it any more. (Which, let's be clear, Microsoft has not said about VFP). They turned it over to a group of long-time dBASE enthusiasts who said they would collaborate and continue to advance the product.
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>Heard anything about it lately?
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>I didn't think so.
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>Mike


You maybe right, but my guess is the VFP community is stronger than that.

Besides was dBase ever has good as VFP is now? We'd be starting with a very solid, feature rich product and perhaps that would make the difference.