>>Okay, now it's time someone here extensively explains to me what 'strategic' really means, in the United States and English language.
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>>Hi, Peter,
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>>Bottom line....VFP is a product (a great one), .NET is a platform.
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>.NET languages depend on the CLR, which is a product. So, what's the bottom line? Okay, I feel the answer coming: Other parties are free to create CLRs, e.g. for other platforms. So, perhaps I should use another argument: .NET is only viable because MS has published IDEs that compile to IL, that can be understood by the CLR. And those IDEs are products.
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>But hey, perhaps you can give a clear definition of 'strategic'?!


AFAIK the runtime will be part of windows


Peter