>> I did not pick up the phone yet.... According to the page I've got up to
>> 2009 to do that. Anyways, I don't see a reason why we should not be able
>> to get such a contract collectively (as the whole VFP community).

Support contracts are between Microsoft and individual customers, not communities. Expecting to be able to buy this would be like buying a single license of VFP as "the community" and then all use it.

Markus