Happy New Year, Soccer Dad -
I don't think MS will ever market VFP as much of anything, but the more VFP is a good tool for selling additional SQL licenses the more favorably disposed they will be internally to keep the Fox running and the easier it will be for VFP developers to get work doing stuff that is in demand.
All the best to you and the family.
>>> What will make a difference is anything the Fox team can do to make VFP be seen and used as a tool for SQL Server apps. And I think that is in fact the direction they are taking. <<
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>Hi Charles! Happy new year.
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>The improved SQL Server support jumps out of the VFP 8 feature list and I agree it's a potentially fruitful direction. Of course, given how entrenched VB is as a front end for SQL Server apps it is an open question whether Microsoft will really market VFP as an alternative. We can hope, right?
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>Mike
Charles Hankey
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