>>It may surprise you, but I'm still awaiting the answer from YAG as to what the reasons were.
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>Alan already answered. I consider very impolite from your part keep claiming that he owes you an answer.

I have politely invited YAG to name the reasons. YAG has politely answered one time. I have politely replied that in my eyes 'no longer a strategic product' is a conclusion rather than a reason and politely asked him to reply again. Nowhere have I *demanded* YAG to respond, nowhere have I claimed that he *owes* me an answer.

Having said that, I of course always have my thoughts when not getting the reply, the attention I expect to get, esp. if it are MS people who appear to sort of let me down, sort of ignore me. Because that's how it often feels. I'm not an MVP, I'm not one of those who meet the hotshots at meetings like the one last week. I'm not an important representative from a 10.000 employees company. But I am truly independent and I oftentimes appear to be perceived as kind of a pain in the *ss, also to my own surprise. Why? Perhaps because somehow the type of questions I ask have not been raised by others, and they are somehow perceived as troublesome. Else, I can't really explain why there is no second answer. My hope was (and is) that YAG has some free days.

Let me admit at this place that I do not belong to those who speak with raised voice about the open communication between the VFP-MS team and the community. My personal experiences with them have not been really positive. Too many times I have received inadequate/partial, or defensive, or even hostile, one time answers. I think the type of questions that I raise are all sensible and best dealt with by giving openminded, friendly reactions.