>I'm looking at this differently than everyone else I think.

Not everyone < bg >

>I agree that the petition will accomplish nothing in the end. ... Still, the issue for me was never whether or not it will accomplish anything, but since signing takes nothing away, support your peers and sign. I cannot see any harm in supporting our peers in this manner. ... If the argument is to choose your battle, I am missing
> something. Does supporting their effort preclude me from supporting any other endeavor?

Once again, I think your take on this is right on the money and is exactly the reason I signed - though I completely agree with those who say it will accomplish nothing in changing Microsoft's decision and understanding why MS has made a decision I would have made differently.

But I also appreciate the special community that has been so much fun and such a very special place over the years. ( and I'm talking about Foxgang and back to CIS in the early 90s ) I would not want to do anything - either explicitly or implicitly - to not acknowledge what all that has meant to me, both professionally and personally.

BTW I think it is worth noting that there is this kind of community developing in places outside of the Fox world. I have seen similar communities growing in various .NET forums as well - and with a very large and growing user base. I would simply suggest that as those of us who have known the special atmosphere in the Fox world expand our on-line participation in other spheres we take that spirit with us and help spread the attitude that made all this so special. Yeah, Fox is a great language yadayadayada but that isn't what makes all this what it is.