Not too apologize. But keep in mind that this is a prime example of those who can do, those who can't take their personal failures out on someone else.

>Why now? When would be a good time? After VFP8 shipped? VFP9? VFP125?
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>There would be no good time for this. But once Sedna started hitting completion (next release is beta 1), planning began for the next release (as I've been saying it would). At that time the decision got made and we pushed to be open about it as soon as possible.
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>Those folks at the VFP User Group in Atlanta that I spoke at in February (or was it January?) will recall that I said that we'd start looking at pricing, release, etc., in March. That's what happened.
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>And Joel - not to rant on you, but I'm seriously considering taking a break from all things VFP. My blood pressure is up this past week. One person called me 6 times in 30 minutes at work, leaving messages that I'm a coward for not responding immediately. People have been pretty nasty on my blog comments. I signed up for this because I thought it was a better way to do it - but I'm not sure I'm able to keep things going.
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>>I understand what you're saying. Microsoft is under no obligation to tell me anything, just as I am under no obligation to remain their customer. However, in the interests of keeping customers, I think MS could provide a little more detail. The reasons are not so simple and clear to everyone, as evidenced by the questions from some and speculation from others. The question notably absent from YAG's blog is "Why is VFP being canceled now?" It would be nice (and perhaps retain more customers) to hear Microsoft's point of view on this in detail.