Actually in a roundabout way, you've hit the nail on the head. By virtue of the fact that I could install and use FPW2.6 and still be productive, the ongoing development and release of new versions of VFP is almost self-limiting. There are many developers out there who are working with clients who don't have the latest hardware still and will always be behind the leaders in adopting such technology. Microsoft are busy pushing .Net but they don't mention that to use a .Net app effectively you need a pretty powerful PC. If you put someone who knows VB.Net or C# in front of a PC from 10 years ago, gave them a copy of VB4 or C and told them to write an identical app they would be in big trouble. But a FoxPro programmer could do that and be productive.

One of the problems that marketing software development tools faces is to keep the users interested. For example, I skipped VFP7 completely, because there was nothing in it for my clients to benefit from. Now I'm using VFP8 (SP1 as well...) for my new project. I might skip VFP9 onwards simply because my client is expecting me to transfer to .Net.

Simon