Peter,
I am on your side. You have the right to be upset and demand accountability. I am not very eloquent and diplomatic as you are. I would put it simply as Microsoft showed a big middle finger to the VFP community. So much for all the BS about “we are all community.”
P.S. For my EURO friends I would like to put a little descriptive illustration to what Microsoft did to the VFP community. Imagine Microsoft making a fist, then bending the arm in 90 degrees and rapidly moving the fist upward. At the same time, as the fisted arm goes up, the other hand is put on the forearm blocking the upward motion. As they do that, imagine Microsoft saying in your native language: “up yours” <g>.
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