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Hi John,

>Anybody who was paying attention at the 1993 FoxPro Devcon-Keynote saw the writing on the wall.

Ok, this depresses me now. I think VFP is the absolute best tool for data centric apps in a client/server environment. It may always be the best choice for smaller shops. Very soon though, the medium sized and larger sized businesses will all be moving (if they aren't already) to centrally managed web apps (IMHO ONLY). I attended the 1996 Developers conference and I was very satisfied with the sessions and the quality of the speakers. VFP was a promising tool then. I did not get the impression that VFP had a very limited lifetime back then. I see the writing on the wall now (well who really couldn't with MSFT practically hitting us over the head with a brick from behind to make it known in a backhanded way), but I really did not back then. Guess I had my head in the sand in 1996!