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Will Microsoft Market Visual FoxPro?

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The purpose of this page is to solicit an informal vote by the Visual FoxPro community as to whether you would consider signing an open letter to Microsoft encouraging them to take VFP marketing and promotion much more seriously.  The question is not whether you endorse any particular draft of such a letter, only whether you're open the idea in general.  If you care about the the future of Visual FoxPro, please cast your vote below.  If and when we complete and agree upon a draft of this letter, you will have an opportunity to decide whether you're willing to sign it.  Anyone who's interested is invited to participate in drafting an OpenLetterToMicrosoft (on the Fox Wiki) or consider my own Open Letter to Microsoft, but please vote first.  If you're too busy, or you're content to leave the writing to others, you will still be doing all of us a great service simply by adding your name to either the Yes or No list.  Feel free to add your own thoughts to the Comments page on the Fox Wiki, or post a message to this IdeaXchg forum, and remember to check the Announcements page after you've put your name on the list.

A Little History Lesson

FoxPro is great, but Multics was monumental.  Each of them, in its time, could lay claim to being the best thing of its kind.  If you are wondering "what the hell is Multics?", well that's the first lesson right there.  The principal reason for the demise of Multics was not a lack of technical excellence.  Multics died from a lack of marketing, because it was acquired by a company that was incapable of wholeheartedly supporting its adopted child.  The amazing thing is just how long Multics hung on after Honeywell pulled the plug in July, 1985.  As a former Multician, it brought a lump to my throat when I read the the letter from Prof. Fernando J. Corbato, (the father of Multics) announcing that the last Multics site was shutting down on October 30, 2000.

So please excuse me if I sound like an alarmist, but I'm probably one of the few Multician/VFP-ers who ever existed. I know you guys are just as tired as I am of the old "VFP is dead" routine, but take a moment to consider this lesson from history: Cinderella stories don't always end happily.  VFP may not be dead, but it's in critical condition, and Microsoft's self-contradictory strategy of developing without commensurate marketing is an intolerable prescription.  VFP doesn't have to die if Microsoft gets its head together and embraces VFP as a legitimate, productive member of its family.

What's the Urgency?

Despite valiant efforts and rumors to the contrary, VFP is dying out of senseless neglect.  A thing of tremendous value is being destroyed for no good reason, to the detriment of everyone, but especially to the detriment of Microsoft and all of us in the VFP community.

That VFP is dying may be viewed by some as an overstatement, but I'm not convinced that the beta release of VFP 7 and earnest discussion of VFP 8 and beyond really prove anything to the contrary.  It has come to be axiomatic that Microsoft doesn't actively promote VFP, and we've grudgingly put up with that for years, content to accept a steady stream of significant upgrades to this splendid product.  But if you'll excuse the metaphor, Microsoft keeps offering us more slices of cake while we're dying of thirst.  This imbalance between product development and marketing has finally taken its toll in a very striking, objectively measurable way: the count of job listings for VFP both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of all categories of programming have dropped dramatically in the last few years.  Short of going negative, these statistics couldn't look much worse.  By that measure, VFP is most assuredly in dire distress.  A programming tool without programmers makes even less sense than development without marketing, and Microsoft will inevitably be drawn to the conclusion that any further investment in VFP is a waste of money.

What's in it for Microsoft

If there is a great unfulfilled potential in VFP to be making money for Microsoft, and they could easily capitalize on this potential, both of which assertions I strongly believe, then Microsoft has much to gain by rectifying the situation without delay.  On the other hand, if Microsoft fails to rescue VFP, they will not only have lost a valuable opportunity, but they are likely to experience negative repercussions from a justifiably indignant community of former Microsoft customers.

How Dare We!

Why should it be necessary for us to be telling Microsoft how to make more money?  Surely they have amply demonstrated their competence at doing that, just as they have also demonstrated their technical competence in fostering the continued development of FoxPro. Who are we to be telling Microsoft how to run its business?  Well, I wouldn't normally presume to do this, but it happens that in this particular case my own selfish interests are at stake, and the issue means even more to me as a VFP developer than it means to me as a Microsoft shareholder.  Therefore I feel compelled to speak out forcefully on this matter, because it really is more than a minor inconvenience to me (not to mention thousands of others), and I suspect that Microsoft, in its ultimate wisdom, could be persuaded to behave more sensibly.

Vote:

Would you consider signing an open letter to Microsoft urging them to wholeheartedly support both the further development and marketing of VFP much more seriously than they have ever done in the past?  Do you think that a compelling business argument can be made?  Do you think that such a document could sway Microsoft from its seeming determination to make the demise of VFP a self-fulfilling prophesy?  If you dismiss this as a hopeless, idealistic endeavor, would you reconsider if you saw a thousand signatures?  All you have to do is indicate a willingness to consider it, and you will help to inspire the effort to create a letter worthy of our signing.  If we build it, they will come.

Please cast your informal ballot, even if it's anonymous, and feel free to add your comments either on the Fox Wiki, or on IdeaXchg:

The complete list of votes, which follows, will be updated periodically to include any changes requested via the Fox Wiki, IdeaXchg, Usenet, or any other means.  You can also email your request to me, although requests via Wiki or IdeaXchg would generally be preferable to email.  Whichever means you use to submit your name, please indicate whether you would like to display your email link in the list, which is highly desirable, but not required.  Email addresses can also be submitted to me privately, but I won't publish these unless explicitly requested to do so.

Yes, I would consider signing such an open letter to Microsoft:

I support this idea, and I'd be glad to participate in the writing if enough other people showed an interest. --
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  534. Stefan Elingshausen (Germany)
  535. Katrin Kustin (Germany)
  536. Alex Gorodezki (Germany)
  537. Hendrik Monschau (Germany)
  538. Elmar Lackas (Germany)
  539. Michael Ebertz (Germany)
  540. Peter Porz (Germany)
  541. Finn Herpisch (Germany)
  542. Jürgen Baur (Germany)
  543. Charlie Coleman (Sterling, VA, USA)
  544. Nicholas Geti (Redding, CT)
  545. Aida I. Rivera-Benítez (San Juan, PR, USA)
  546. Paul McNett (Hollister, CA, USA)
  547. Christina Smith (San Antonio, TX, USA)
  548. Brian Pottorff (Deming, NM)
  549. James Roark (Dallas, TX)
  550. Sujata K (Australia)
  551. K-H Pelzel (Munich, Germany)
  552. Hendrick Kurland (Schweiz)
  553. Fabio Lenzarini (Bologna)
  554. FRANCESCO TRIPPODO (Italy)
  555. Cristóbal Manrique M. (Colombia)
  556. Joerg Arand (Tuebingen, Germany)
  557. AndyD 8-)# (Manchester, England)
  558. Alan Robson (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England)
  559. George Scapin (Foley, AL USA)
  560. Ko Wisse (Hoek, The Netherlands)
  561. Gian-Carlo Baldarelli (Rimini, Italia)
  562. Francesco Barbieri (Brescia, Italia)
  563. Emanuele Bonin (Tezze sul Brenta (VI), Italia)
  564. Loris Antonangeli (Oulu,Finland)
  565. Salvatore Graf (Roma, Italia)
  566. Giorgio Pasquini (Roma, Italia)
  567. Valentino Zoppelari (Torino, Italia)
  568. Luca Grezzi (Brescia, Italia)
  569. Marco Ferrari (Pistoia, Italia)
  570. Cristiano Cappellaro (Vicenza, Italia)
  571. Mariani Moreno (Querceta (Lucca), Italia)
  572. MIchele Marcatelli (Cesena), Italia)
  573. Giulio Meccheri (Carrara,Italia)
  574. Duffy P. Weber (Lumberton, NC)
  575. Tarsa Fischer (Santa Catarina, Brasil)
  576. Paul Schram (Toronto, Ontario  Canada)
  577. Tim Delmoitie (Asse , Belgium)
  578. Ilona Eigel (Munich, Germany)
  579. Martin Wittmann
  580. Gierskadt Jochen (Germany)
  581. barry@keal.org.uk
  582. Ajit Abraham (India)
  583. Slamet Fusianto, Indonesia
  584. Andreas Flohr (Hannover, Germany)
  585. Lualdi Stefano (Legnano, Italia)
  586. Guillaume Engelen (Ternat , Belgium)
  587. Peter Stordiau (Barneveld, Holland)
  588. Alberto Huelsz (Queretaro, Mexico)
  589. John van den Heuvel (Netherlands)
  590. Rafael Figueroa (Peru)
  591. Gene Wirchenko
  592. Juan Pablo Kuster (USA)
  593. Stephan Hübner (Germany)
  594. Philippe Thonnier (France)
  595. Fabio Bosco (Roma, Italia)
  596. Gilles Azria (Geneva, Switzerland)
  597. Jeff Bowman (Fairbanks, AK)
  598. Frank Donato
  599. Dave Crozier (Rossendale, United Kingdom)
  600. Turan Fettahoglu (Munich, Germany)
  601. Roberto Saccomanno (Leuca, Italia)
  602. Joshua Rubin
  603. Desmond Lloyd (Dallas, TX USA)
  604. villi bernaroli, Villi (Reggio Emilia, Italia)
  605. TJCoote (New Zealand)
  606. Fernando Pinho (Rio de Janeiro)
  607. Catherine Pla (Porto, Portugal)
  608. Florian Moissonnier
  609. Craig Dean
  610. Sam Trenchard MCSD
  611. Jim Eddins
  612. jaro@mol.com.mk
  613. Farooq Aslam
  614. Peter Gristwood (Devon, UK)
  615. Tony Grzesik (Landover, Md USA)
  616. David Bailey
  617. Eric Rousseau
  618. boeworks@boeworks.com
  619. Krishna Kumar (India)
  620. Rodney Eales
  621. Leland F. Jackson, CPA, www.smvfp.com
  622. Michael Ruderman (Australia)
  623. Doug Henry (Australia)
  624. David Chambers (Australia)
  625. Irina Angelova (Australia)
  626. Kirill Yermalovich MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
  627. Sullaiman Baboo (Mauritius)
  628. Anna Clements, MCP (UK)
  629. Lee Davies
  630. Geraint Jones (UK)
  631. Richard Rideout (UK)
  632. Steve Camsell (UK)
  633. James White (UK)
  634. Tony Keele (UK)
  635. Graham Haller
  636. Gonzalo A. Alfonso Sotelo (Medellín, Colombia)
  637. Mauricio Mesa Gonzalez (Medellín, Colombia)
  638. Hans M. Sauer (Marktoberdorf, Germany)
  639. William Plander (California, USA)
  640. Charles Gillman
  641. AP Singh
  642. Adhish Pendharkar (Hong Kong)
  643. Anthony Saliba
  644. Pankaj Sinha
  645. Kenneth Leland (Orange County, California)
  646. Craig Franklin, Intense Software Pty Ltd
  647. Rod Johnson (France)
  648. Frits van den Munckhof (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  649. Arturo Lorenzini (Mexico DF, México)
  650. Peter Easson, PC Professor (Sydney, Australia) www.pcprof.com.au
  651. Richard Dragossy (Hungary) [also dragossy@dhrt.hu]
  652. gnegrete@indigo.com.ar
  653. Phil Girouard
  654. Jose Roberto Taveras (Republica Dominicana)
  655. William R. Cordray (Birmingham, AL - USA)
  656. Mathi Rajan
  657. Thomas Johnson (Middletown, CT - USA)
  658. Marc Miller (Dallas, PA)
  659. Seairth Jacobs
  660. Ed Hundley
  661. Stanton Singer (Yardley, PA)
  662. Mark R. Achin, MCP Visual FoxPro
  663. Dave Emerson (Alexandria, VA, USA)
  664. Johnny Wolfe (Chamblee, GA USA)
  665. Heherson Buted (Manila, Philippines)
  666. Gustavo Vecchio (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  667. Leonard Mor (Avon, France)
  668. Daniel Cotti (Basel, Switzerland)
  669. Marc Coppejans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  670. Dan Lulu (Paranaque City, Philippines)
  671. Martin Schiff (Maitland, FL USA)
  672. Bas van de Meerakker (Geldrop, NB The Netherlands)
  673. Pär Karlsson (Sweden)
  674. Robert Morrell (USA)
  675. Al Donnelly (USA)
  676. Larry Alan Long (Duluth, GA USA)
  677. Frank Atkinson (Columbus, Ohio USA)
  678. Dennis Kreuzenstein (USA)
  679. Paul H Mannes (Falls Church, VA USA)
  680. Jim Jacobs
  681. Timothy M Horan (Atlanta, GA USA)
  682. John Trevino
  683. Don Dodge (San Francisco, CA USA)
  684. Ali R. Kazmi, ARK Software Development (Islamabad, Pakistan)
  685. Thomas M. Chused
  686. Benoit Bouchard (Québec)
  687. Omar Zavala Moreno (Mexico, Mexico)
  688. A. David Miranda (Mexico)
  689. Chuck Williams (Tallahassee, FL USA) [also C Williams ?]
  690. Ted Kares (Fort Myers Beach, FL USA)
  691. Christian A. Strasser (Claymont, DE USA)
  692. Paul D. Hardy (Ball Ground, GA USA)
  693. Brian Lee (Portland, OR USA)
  694. David Barrows (Pleasanton, CA, USA)
  695. Jack W. Ralph (Carson City, NV, USA)
  696. Peter Diotte (Janesville, WI USA)
  697. Eric Crespin
  698. Bob Bartleson (Spokane, WA)
  699. Alan Brooks (Illinois USA)
  700. Roel Moncivais
  701. Shakeel Ajam (Fairfield CA, USA)
  702. hig@acadia.net
  703. Yadira J. Ineza (Mexico)
  704. Loida Viray-Tangonan
  705. Derek Gardner (Australia)
  706. Sid Vasenszky (Australia)
  707. Federico Santillana (Puebla, México)
  708. Terry A. Voss
  709. CHEAH KL (B.P. Health, Malaysia)
  710. rajeshrakyan@india.com
  711. Avner@aol.com
  712. Chuck Funderburg (Germantown, Maryland USA)
  713. Christian Berrigan, Enterprise Data Solutions, Inc. (Vancouver, WA USA)
  714. Alan Munro, W K Webster & Co (London, UK)
  715. Tim Clarke, W K Webster & Co (London, UK)
  716. Stephen Eyre, W K Webster & Co (London, UK)
  717. Terri Squires
  718. Federico Resta (Italy)
  719. Orion Zakirov
  720. Gordon Angus (Australia)
  721. T. Guy Hodgdon
  722. Eduardo Morales Plesent (Aguascalientes, México)
  723. Tom Lay
  724. José M. Cuautle (México, D.F)
  725. Jaime García González (Jalisco, Mexico)
  726. Jeffrey Houle, AJ Business Systems, LLC (Netcong, NJ)
  727. Charles Burris (Charlotte, NC)
  728. Dan Gallagher
  729. Greg Lackerman, Innovative Accounting Systems
  730. Brad Hoffman (Brisbane, Australia)
  731. Cristian Birlea, CLASSOFT LTD (Romania) http://www.classoft.ro
  732. Vern DeHaven
  733. Michele Bosetti
  734. Daniel Breer
  735. Zepitoh Hong
  736. Beat Bolli, dware design & software (Switzerland)
  737. Carol Chang (New York, NY, USA)
  738. Pete Bloomfield (Melbourne, Australia)
  739. Russell Honnor (Auckland New Zealand)
  740. Alexander Federizo (Philippines)
  741. Lahman Marcel
  742. Steve Meeks (Fayetteville, AR)
  743. Eduardo Bonillas M.
  744. Carlos Arrestegui (Peru)
  745. Heinz Sedlak (Wien, AUSTRIA)
  746. Gordon B Dennis, Commercial Director, Koala Publishing Ltd (Bristol, England)
  747. Ghenadie Sivojelezov
  748. Benoit Martineau (Québec, Canada)
  749. Nemie Dolor
  750. Rafael Borne C.
  751. Dave Macfarlane
  752. Johny Mendoza B (Cartagena, Colombia)
  753. Jean-Pierre ARCHIERI
  754. Kari Korhonen, Software developer (Kuusamo, Finland)
  755. Mehmet KAÇAR (Istanbul, TURKEY)
  756. Abdurrahman Korkmaz (Adana, TURKEY)
  757. Zeynep Yýldýz (Istanbul, TURKEY)
  758. Saadet Akar (Istanbul, TURKEY)
  759. Ibrahim Özdal (Adana, TURKEY)
  760. Russ Swall (Independence, MO)
  761. Rodrigo Aguilar (Mexico)
  762. Norm Ong
  763. Al Shepherd (Huntsville, AL)
  764. Chad J. Lemmer
  765. Gary Beasley (Atlanta, Georgia)
  766. Daniel Del Giudice (Santiago del Estero, Argentina)
  767. Julio Fagoaga (Distrito Federal, México)
  768. Joseph Wyks (Pompton Plains, NJ, USA)
  769. E. Block (USA)
  770. Neil Friend (Westerville, OH)
  771. György Görög, PhD
  772. Joaquim Correia (Porto, Portugal)
  773. Susan Piro (Evanston, IL)
  774. Matthias Kahlert (Regensburg, Germany)
  775. Wolfgang Busker (Leer, Germany)
  776. Larry Teske
  777. Simon Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan)
  778. Ariel Teran E. (La Paz, Bolivia)
  779. Keith Adams (Auckland, New Zealand)
  780. Mario Brodeur (Canada)
  781. Oleg Khvalin (Rochester, NY)
  782. Doug White (USA)
  783. Ricardo Barradas (Lisboa, Portugal)
  784. Slobodan Gajinovic (Becej, Yugoslavia)
  785. Robert Martínez (Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.)
  786. Serg Drapoy
  787. Korney Fot, SoftArt (Germany)
  788. Alexey Bulygin
  789. analitik@lkeramika.ru
  790. Michael Savage (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
  791. Irina Alekseevna Sanzhanova (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
  792. Nikolay Alekseevich Gontcharov
  793. Yuri Abramenkov
  794. Sergey Zhirnov
  795. Sergey Anatol'evich Ovsiannikov (Irkutsk)
  796. Sergey Filippov (Hannover, Germany)
  797. Vladimir Zhuravlev
  798. Vladimir Savelyev (Saint Petersburg)
  799. Vasiliy Vorontsov (Moscow)
  800. Leonid Fishkis
  801. Alexey Grigoriev
  802. Nikolay Khamaganov (Ukraine)
  803. Sergey Lebedev
  804. Sergey Titow
  805. Nickolay Sokolov
  806. Elena Leonenko (Russia)
  807. Andrey Korikov [same as Andrey Korikoff ???]
  808. Nickolay Ovchinnikov
  809. Michail Shohirev
  810. Olga Cherepanova
  811. Sergey V. Dvorovenko (Donetsk, Ukraine)
  812. Igor K. Shadyev (Donetsk, Ukraine)
  813. Vladimir I. Tsygura (Donetsk, Ukraine)
  814. Mikhail Rezchik (Russia)
  815. Taras Kochkombaev
  816. Sergey Evgen'evich Parshin
  817. Michael Drozdov, ICS Soft, vfpdmur.narod.ru (Perm, Russia)
  818. Maslov Vladislav (Russia)
  819. Lyudmyla Akatenkova
  820. ono@inbox.lv
  821. Juri Shutenko
  822. Andrew Loskutov
  823. Alexander Petrovich Ashurkov (Russia)
  824. Alexey Alekseevich Pavlov
  825. Alexander Korobchuk (Russia)
  826. Michael Paramonov (Moscow)
  827. Oleg Pozdin
  828. J. Zaharenko
  829. Levan Kukava
  830. Ser. Nik. Mushtakov
  831. Igor Korovikov (Moscow, Russia)
  832. Kanat Jumadylov (Kyrgyzstan) www.vfp.newmail.ru
  833. Alexey Lemeshchenko (Rostovs-na-Donu)
  834. Dmitry Andreev
  835. Berta Pyrina
  836. Yuri Reznichenko
  837. Andrey Belov
  838. Anatoliy Malik
  839. Vitaliy Volianskiy
  840. Sergey Anatol'evich Usikov
  841. Svetlana Freudman (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
  842. Yuri Dmitrievich Loboda
  843. Igor Borisovich Danilov (Minsk, Belorussia)
  844. Vlad Seminchenko (Ukraina)
  845. Maxim Borisovich Sobolev
  846. Edward Nechepurenko
  847. Maria Andreevna Averina (Moscow)
  848. Dmitry Gyharev
  849. Dmitry Petrov
  850. negury@hotmail.com
  851. mbr52@mail.ru
  852. Dmitry Gilev (Ekaterinburg)
  853. Alexey Puzirenko (Yuzhny, Odessa, Ukraine)
  854. spaboy@mail.ru
  855. Igor Kravchuk
  856. Alexey Ustugov
  857. Yevgeny Yevseyev
  858. Vladimir Maksimov
  859. Zviadi Gogilava
  860. Dmitry Vasilyevich Zaharov
  861. Sergey Vasiliev
  862. Alexander Koval http://skc.narod.ru/
  863. Maxim Zykov (Russia)
  864. Miroslav Kovacevic (Canada)
  865. Cecil Champenois
  866. Andrey Danilov
  867. Vaqif Akhundov (Baku, Azerbaijan)
  868. Alexey Y Novoshilov
  869. Sergey Suprun
  870. Gennady Ostanin
  871. Roman Gordienko
  872. Vladimir Fomchenko
  873. Sergey N. Shevchenko
  874. alexsss@bsr.ee
  875. A. V. Stroev
  876. D. P. Valentin
  877. Larysa Lyakht
  878. Larissa Vladimirovna Homenjuk
  879. George Zabelin
  880. Sergey Vladimirovich Poletaev
  881. Eugeny Gennad'evich Mahonin
  882. Sergey Zlishev
  883. Sergey Smoliar
  884. Alexander Kazansky
  885. Sergey Grinko
  886. Slava Demensky
  887. Sergey Nikolaevich Shagarenko
  888. Andrey Kuzin (Russia)
  889. Nikolay Korneev
  890. Dr. Aleksandras Zukauskas (Lithuania)
  891. Michel Drotkowski (Sion, Suisse)
  892. Sergey Aleksandrovich Malyshkin
  893. Anatoly Ivanovich Pugaltsov
  894. Sergey Slepchenko
  895. Lev Savchenko
  896. Andrey M. Vachegin
  897. L.J. Knysh
  898. Paul Tatarenko (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  899. Yuri V. Pinchuk
  900. Igor Mihajlovich Kalina
  901. Sergey Anatol'evich Hmelevsky
  902. Oleg Tarasov (Russia)
  903. Alexander Kudenzov (Russia)
  904. Dmitry Malashkevich
  905. Sergey Nikolaevich Nikitin
  906. Oleg Plotnikov (Kherson, Ukraine)
  907. Serguei Otchirov
  908. Andrei Damarad
  909. Yuri Berezin
  910. Anatoly Aleksandrovich Anishchenko
  911. Mikchail Amelichev
  912. f_malyshev@mtu-net.ru
  913. Sergey N. Kirov (Kolomna, Russia)
  914. Dmitri Dvoryadkin
  915. Serg Shmall
  916. Vladimir Molchanov
  917. Andrey Ivannikov
  918. Dmitry Sergeevich Listratenko
  919. Vitaly Witchenko
  920. Ruslan Tagirov
  921. Andrew Dzhuzha
  922. mog_anelkin@yahoo.com
  923. José Luis Tomé (Argentina)
  924. Ricardo Passians (Santo Domingo, R. D.)
  925. Juan Bayón (Madrid, España)
  926. Harold Godefroy (Caracas, Venezuela)
  927. Askar Nurbaev (Kazakstan)
  928. Evgeny Artemiev
  929. Andrey Yarkov (Ekaterinburg)
  930. Aman A. Mambetov
  931. Sergey Vasilevich Kuzmin (Ekaterinburg)
  932. Victor Budnikov (Krasnoyarsk)
  933. Sergey Konoplev (Krasnodar, Russia)
  934. Yuriy V. Motorin (Mayoralty of Ulyanovsk)
  935. alexandr@tr.stv.ru
  936. Jesús Sanz (Alicante, España)
  937. Ariel Shafir (Israel)
  938. Sergey Shibayev
  939. Ilias Razifovich Sharipov
  940. Denis Nikolaevich Shumskiy
  941. Andrey Anatol'evich Petrenko
  942. Andrey Kapridov (Saratov, Russia)
  943. Andrey Gvozdenko, WEB-master: http://kazmk.narod.ru
  944. Igor Pisarenko, Treasury (KCHR)
  945. Natalia Goncharove, Treasury (KCHR)
  946. Pavel Zemskov, Treasury (KCHR)
  947. Aubekir Temirbulatov, Treasury (KCHR)
  948. Olga Erkenova, Treasury (KCHR)
  949. José Díaz (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
  950. Martin Jarvis
  951. M. A. Scott (USA)
  952. John Zijlstra
  953. V.M. Plachotnikov (Ulianovsk, Russia)
  954. Victor Vadimovich Radchenko http://urfin.narod.ru
  955. Dimitri Nasipov
  956. Alexander Burdukovskih (Rechitsa, Belorussia)
  957. Victor Grechin, State Tech. Univ. of Railway Transport Eng. (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
  958. Mikhail Ivanovich Evteev (Rechitsa, Belorussia)
  959. Igor Klimov (Gomel, Belorussia)
  960. Eric den Doop
  961. Brian Walsh (Germany)
  962. Jared Baszler
  963. Al Duquette (USA)
  964. Radu Eftodi (Moldova)
  965. Jorge Meza (Mexico City, Mexico)
  966. Salvador Brambila Brambila (Guadalajara, Mexico)
  967. Elmo Vazquez D. (Guadalajara, Mexico)
  968. Stanislav Dmitriev (Kazakhstan)
  969. Muslim Shaimuhamedov (Kazakhstan)
  970. Sergey Alekseevich Dmitriev (Kazakhstan)
  971. Radu Stepanovich Eftody (Kishinev, Moldova)
  972. Alexander Lisin (Russia)
  973. Alexander Anatol'evich Litvinov (Russia)
  974. Roman Yakovenko (Ukraine)
  975. Vlad Zobov (Nikolajev, Ukraine)
  976. Vladimir Eduardovich Nesterenko, MIS Dept., City Admin. (Norilsk)
  977. Aleksey Klimov, MCP, MCSE
  978. Marshall Stiles (USA)
  979. Forrest Egan (USA)
  980. Troy "The Fox Pro" Harrison (USA)
  981. Kurtwood L. Greene (The Bahamas)
  982. David Gofman (Russia)
  983. Galina Bogdanova (Russia)
  984. Johan Bisschop
  985. Scott King, King & Associates
  986. Dmitrij Pavlov
  987. Alexander Gassiev (Tbilisi, Georgia)
  988. Hale Pringle Ed.D. (USA)
No, I could never be persuaded to sign such a letter:
  1. JeffPace ?
  2. JohnKoziol
  3. Ed Rauh
  4. BradJones
  5. GregoryGum (Grand Prairie, Texas, USA)

[NEW] See my own draft of the Open Letter to Microsoft.  If you would like to add your endorsement to this letter as it stands, you should certainly add your name to the Yes list.  If you would consider endorsing any variation of such a letter, because you agree that VFP marketing needs to be improved, please add your name to the Yes list, since that is precisely the question.

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