Andy Davies wrote: >> MS **does** give away developer tools. >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/windows/ > > I asked on a couple of occasions at Prague devcons if we could have vfp > express but the answer was always a) difficult to know what to cut and b) > difficult to do and no resources available. > otoh I don't see why e.g. vfp5 couldn't be given away. > > I'd have said VFP6, not VFP5! I would wager that releasing VFP6 for free would also help drive later versions of VFP (7-9) sales as well, since those versions had great developer enhancements added to them. Give them the sizzle with VFP6 (free), and many will gladly pay for an upgrade once they see what VFP can actually do for them!
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