>>Microsoft is and does support us. Look at DevCon. Several days devoted just to VFP. How many other Microsoft products have a conference devoted just to it? (Not many) This conference is a HUGE undertaking....and I'm willing to bet that Microsoft doesn't make money on it. If you are there, you need to take time to talk to the MS VFP team that will be there. You should see their passion for the product. It is amazing to talk to people like Susan Graham, Ken Levy, Calvin Hsia, and others. You will come away thinking that these people, the product owners, support the belief that VFP is the best database tool available...and that it's future is secure.
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>As I see this problem, it's just a matter of M$'s internal info not having spread where it should. The great things done for VFP within M$ never reach its outer rims. Perhaps M$'s IS isn't working properly - should we write one for them (in VFP or in VB...?).


Microsoft is a HUGE worldwide organization. It is connected via an intranet. I'm sure there are many reasons why this problem exists. Two that come to mind are 1) The sales staff gets so much stuff that they can't read it all, and 2) language problems prohibit sales staff in non-English speaking countries from understanding everything.