>>>I just read the top Latest Headlines on the UT homepage. Any chance MS will lift usage restrictions on VFP?
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>>No! Microsoft's angle is that Windows sale subsidises sale of VFP, so you are only allowed to use VFP on Windows. I must say that I do understand their POV.
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>WHAT?!?
>Did they know how many Windows Licenses we sold just because of an application written on VFP? :-)
>(Rhetorical question)

That's exactly my point. Microsoft wants use to create VFP applications for WIndows, so they can sell more Windows, not any other OS.