HI Jim

>Nope... We're still charging people to come to our training classes. < g > If we didn't we'd have to stop offering them and I don't think the community wants that. I remember the good 'ol days when there used to be a number of training
companies offering VFP training. Unfortunately that number has dwindled significantly.

>It would be an easy business decision to make, deciding to abandon the VFP community and stop offering VFP training, but I won't. As long as VFP is around, I plan on teaching people who want to learn how to use it.

Oh, sorry I misunderstood what you said. What you are really saying is that you offer these courses as part of your business and the fact that you continue to do so is the contribution to the community. Your point about the 'easy business decision' is certainly valid (and appreciated) as clearly others have already taken that route.

>While the headcounts are definately NOT what they used to be, we continue to offer VFP training because I know that there needs to be someone who offers to train the dwindling number of newbies how to develop applications in VFP. Conferences and 3-day VFP boot camps are all well and good, but there is no substitute for spending quality time (3-5 days at least) in a hands-on environment.

Can't argue with that. I hope the course continue to do well enough to keep them going a little longer. It was interesting at WhilFest this year that I met a number of people who were not only at their first VFP conference, but who were also 'new' to VFP. A common question was 'where is the training' - both Marcia and I pointed a couple of people your way too.