Hi Dale,
Your post echos the experience, opinions and concerns of most of us who have worked with VFP over the years.
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>And……..if MS was truly interested in increasing sales of VFP and upgrades, they would find a way. Such as a free trial version. I know it works for me!
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Even though with VFP's extensive capabilities and features, they probably could increase sales with little expense and effort, unfortunately, MS and Ken Levy have made it perfectly clear that they have no intention of growing the VFP user base. It appears that VFP is not in MS's strategic plan, .NET is. What a shame!

>I've been recommending MS products to my clients for years and will continue to do so. But, I don't like what I'm reading between the lines concerning VFP's long term future.

I think that most of us here would agree.