Stephen, I understand that you don't understand, but what I don't understand is the MS-lackey role you're playing. MS doesn't give a hoot about us, they just managed to painted themselves into a corner with VFP. Evidentially MS's plan all along was to buy out and kill VFP, but the VFP team delivered a great product, which flew right in the face of Bill Gates' plan to build around Basic from day 1. The whole .NET/CLR thing brought this to a head because at that time MS was forced to finally choose between the Basic and xBase paradigms because .NET had to go one way or the other. The decision was pre-ordained and Basic got the nod and VFP the boot.
MS isn't on our side, unless of course we get into their fold and re-write for .NET. MS's latest/last move with VFP have been crafted for one reason: to keep the company from being sued by people like me who bought into their sales pitch when they assimilated VFP and invested heavily in the FoxPro product development system - only to discover years (and many hundreds of thousands of dollars) later that they had an ulterior motive all along. Had they been honest and up-front about their plan, we wouldn't be in the position we're in today. What they did, in my mind, was totally underhanded but typical behavior. It is with much irony that I admire Bill Gates, but I certainly do not like and will not accept being one of his victims. You want to promote MS, fine, but from my point of view you don't belong here. To anyone else, my effort is to identify and capitalize on VFP's strength in the marketplace and get around the obstacles MS has created. We do have options, despite what MS and their lackeys are saying. Bill "Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor" -Macbeth _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
