>>> There are so many factors (variables) at play with all this, the economy and security being just two. Throw in “Linux”, the .COM bomb, hundreds of thousands of software developers out of work, the new .NET development tools and whatever else you wish to include. In reality this is not an “red and green apple" comparison. <<
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>Good points. Additionally, Comdex is not a good comparison in the first place. It draws a completely different audience from DevCon. Most of the people who go to DevCon work for hardware companies and/or are in sales. You won't find many programmers there. Something like VBITS or TechEd would be a more valid comparison. (I just did a quick web search (only) and didn't find those figures).
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>In any event, there were about 2500 attendees at the 1995 DevCon in San Diego for the launch of VFP 3.0. Steve is going to need more than some pretty charts to spin away a 75% attendance decline in seven years. This isn't a one year aberration due to 9/11, lack of a new release, or any of the other excuses which have been used. When attendance goes down every year that isn't an aberration, it's a trend.
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>Mike

Mike;

My feelings also. So I guess we can say "VFP is a trendy product"! :)

Tom