>>There was a time on the UT where replies to a question like "What development language should I use?" got replies in the form of "It depends on what you have to do".
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>>Even VFP could be the answer to such questions.
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>>I just hope that we won't have such stupid questions from now on. <vbg>
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>>It's crystal clear that .Net is the answer to all the problems.
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>Hmmm... nope.. .even MS says to use unmanaged C++ for device drivers and low level stuff.

There's probably someone at MS that evaluated that the hours that would have to be invested to do it would'nt be a good return on investment. So they probably thought "Nobody really cares about that stuff anyway and for those who did. Poor them." which translates better in the politically correct answer that you gave me.

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>>In fact I'm wondering why is MS even bothering to release VFP9?
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>Because it still makes money for the company.

So you're saying that MS makes VFP to make money. Would'nt they make more money with more agressive marketing?


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>>Where do VFP stands in the big MS picture? I really really don't get it.
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>Where does Works stand in the big MS picture? As I stated in another thread, any company with multiple products will always have products that receive more marketing attention than others. Look at my company, 3M. You probably know that we make Post-it Notes and Scotch tape, but there are thousands of products we make that you've never heard of. Just because these other products get less marketing attention does not mean they aren't important to our CEO.

I think you have something interesting here. 3M have thousands of products. So it's more understandable that they can't put as much energy to promote all their products. MS does'nt have as much product. and I'm sure that the complexities of producing stuff is not what it is at 3M.

I'm sure that at 3M there are many more steps involved. Starting from the fabrication of a new product to its release.


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>>This makes no sense. I said it before. It makes no sense that a company builds a wonderful development environment but makes no effort to really sell it. Can anybody explain this?

No explanation here?