>Quotes:
>- Microsoft is paying $6bn (£3bn) to buy digital marketing firm Aquantive in its biggest ever acquisition.
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>- The all-cash takeover...
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>- The $66.50 per share offer is 85% higher than Aquantive's Thursday closing price of $35.87.
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>Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6670227.stm
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>I wonder, how much would it cost for MS to deliver VFP10 with all possible bells and whistles :) ?

A whole lot less than that!

Just another attempt by M$ to control the Internet (and thereby, your wallet).

(Trace the money back and you will find the answer!!!.... the Internet!)

VFP had no future in the Internet... not like VB and .NET (VFP would hurt the cash cow). So it was dumped. ;-(