>Well, I remember being invited to Redmond at Microsoft's expense with 25-30 other FoxPro experts to see a preview of the product and provide feedback. I remember the '95 DevCon (the largest ever).

Quite frankly, that's why I take what you and other "FoxPro experts" say with a grain of salt. Once you get in that camp, you have to keep the behemoth happy or you won't be in that group anymore. And that kills the marketing and competitive advantages. The bottom line is that it behooves you to not be too critical of M$.

>I just think it's silly to say that was the intention from day 1.

Maybe I should reread my posts, but I don't think I said that.