How Many

[fmoore0001]

Guys, I was looking for an honest estimate on the number of Visual FoxPro programmers in the world and the number of Visual FoxPro installations. I have a Boss who seems to get bored easily (he is not a programmer) and is considering a switch to Visual Basic or Delphi because they are more 'popular'.

Any ammo is appreciated.

Frank

 

[Mike Gagnon]

fmoore0001

Don't quote me on this, but I read that Ken Levy said "about" 200,000 FoxPro programmers worldwide. Mike Gagnon

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[DSummZZZ]

Do a keyword search in this forum for Visual Basic. You'll find all sorts of opinions and facts regarding a switch or conversion, not to mention the future of VFP.
Dave S.

 

[CJWARNER]

More popular for what?

I have Visual BASIC here and I bet I'm counted in the number of VB developers out there because I have a legitimate copy of it. However, I don't use it, never have used it, and don't see any reason to use as long as I intend to do desktop and front-end database work. For that area I will continue to use Visual FoxPro.


==Carl
Carl Warner
VFUG Officer,

http://vfug.org:8080/

 

[Peping]

HI,

Most popular (sample: accounting) applications written in VFP might help build your case. SBT Accounting (now ACCPAC), AccountMate, VisualAdvance, etc. are among few. There must be thousands of them installed all over the world.

Peping