>>My plans are to continue developing using the "Fox". What's hard for me to believe, is the response to YAG's announcement. Many of us have known for years that sooner or later M$ was going to kill the "Fox". This has not affected our decision to continue using it in the past. Why should it affect us now.
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>Sorry, but this is not true. Many of us have FEARED that MS was going to kill the fox, but HOPED that this wouldn't happen. And they have given prevalence to their hope. And that's why they continued with the fox.
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>Had we KNOWN at that time that development would stop in 2007, most of us would have abandoned the fox at that time.

I guess I'm speaking in a historical perspective. I've been in computer technology since 1959. This has a lot to do with how I think....what was new in electronics and computers 20 years ago is now in a museum. Same for programming languages.

I had a "gut feeling" years ago that M$ would not be supporting the Fox indefinitely. I continued to use it though, because it was and still is the best language for the type programming I do. As I said, the announcement has no effect on me....I will continue to use it as my primary tool.

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>>I still have clients using software I developed 20 years ago that refuse to upgrade. It's still working under XP Pro so they have no incentive to change.
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>>If, in the future, I feel the need to switch, I will be searching the world of "open source" for my new language.
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>>I would much rather be dependent on people like Linus Torvalds than a corporation such as M$.
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>Now, why's that! My best guess is that you too feel misled by MS and don't want this to happen one more time, e.g. when they decide that .NET is no longer a strategic product.

No, I don't feel misled. I've believed for years this was going to happen.