>>Tell the technical manager to look at www.surplusdirect.com. This is one of the largest sites on the web and is Fox based. VFP makes an excellent C/S environment. The tech manager needs to stop listening to marketing hype and start listening to the people who really use these tools.
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>I've tried that tactic in the past. The response is generally along the lines that if he calls MS (we're an MS Solutions Partner) and asks what to do in this situation they say "VB and SQL Server". If Microsoft won't back me up (and they don't) then I look like an idiot.
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>In essence, anyone who suggests a VFP solution is a wild-eyed idiot because Microsoft doesn't back up VFP.


You should work more closely with your local MS Sales office. I have a very good relationship with them. For example, they had a Solution Provider's Briefing scheduled for May to discuss databases and data access. I told them I couldn't make it cause I'll be at DevCon. They're rescheduling the briefing for another month.