>>>>Victor,
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>>>>It is a shame that a company like Microsoft is earning milions and
>>>>that they are destroying thousands of small companies. We are not able to
>>>>recode everything in another language simply because we don't have the money and resources. It would take years.
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>>>'Destroying' in the sense that they are actively trying to accomplish that... No, I don't think MS is trying that. But it may indeed eventually be the outcome of what they've decided. One of the thoughts that came to mind was: Do they have the moral right to decide to stop further development without consulting the community and companies who have invested in that product?!! My personal opinion is: NO.
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>>>And I'm still awaiting the answers from YAG to my request for the reasons that drove them.
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>>Don't hold your breath. They don't owe us any more explanation than they have already given. And they (any business) certainly do not need to ask customers' permission to stop developing a product they do not consider strategic.
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>Wasn't that the answer to Peter's question? "It's not a strategic product anymore" sure seems like a good reason to me.


I was being as tactful as I could. Peter has a major bug up his butt about this and seems to think there is some debate in progress. There isn't. Microsoft made and announced their decision and they aren't going to go back and forth about it with Peter. His permission is not required.