>>so at one time they were an indicator? It is always an indicator. Sounds like you are 'context dropping' here.
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>Maybe the market is saturated with 3rd party addons. Maybe an examination relating releases of vfp vs. releases of 3rd pParty add on's would be hepful.
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>It is not in MS's interest to 'turn on the steam' regarding VFP. Why spend when you don't have to? The number xBase file systems in service, right now, is staggering. There are fotune 50 companies using Fp2.6 DBFs to service catelog sales. End of story 1.
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>Microsft makes her bucks from SQL! C# and .NET sell SQL licenses, VFP does not. End of story 2.
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>There is nothing emotional [or brotherly] about MS. MS is a cold calculating corporation. It is an admiral trait! They invest a lot in engineering. Product quality is very good. It's almost magical! If something wasn't working, it would be dropped.
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>Have you ever hung out with JVP?:-)

The evidence was provided to state my belief that VFP 8 has not sold as well as VFP 5 or VFP 6.
I do not expect MS to take care of me.
Relative to the way CA treated clipperheads and the way borland treated Visual DBase we are being treated very fairly.
We were warned a long long time ago by MS to learn something other than Fox.