>Isn't the future based on the developers and the demands they as developers have? Therefore if developers see the benefits of VFP then they would ask for more of VFP right? and MS will naturally respond - right? Because developers are the clients of MS (hopefully)<g>
They have in the past - or FoxPro/VFP would have already been a footnote in the annals of PC programming languages. As to whether they will continue to support VFP - one definite factor would be our reaction to rumours of its impending demise.