.NET received a mention in the September 30, 2002 edition of Info World. The mention was in the "Notes from the Field" gossip column by Robert X. Cringley. The mention is as follows:

"It's no surprise that sales of Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net are not all that the company has been hoping for. And two of my spies said the learning curve that comes with the toolset has led some developers to look at other tool boxes. Meanwhile, it's no secret that Microsoft's fiercest competitors are putting on friendly faces and working to woo those Visual Basic developers with brand spankin' new toolsets, such as BEA's WebLogic Workshop. My spy reported that instead of following Microsoft into the .Net world, a number of VB 6 developers are defecting to Borland's Delphi tool."

Analysis: Keep this in mind if/when MSFT tries to force VFP developers into .NET....