>>>>There is FUD in a move from one platform to another, no doubt, but my main issue is that M$ has screwed me once and I don't want them to have that opportunity again.
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>>>I get that part and can't say I disagree (I would have profited greatly from expanded and continued support for VFP) But whatever VFP's merits, or MS's moral shortcomings - the technical side of .net and the critical mass of MS resources and developers using it indicates to me I can make some money with it. My mantra for the last 20 years has been "I've made a lot more money off of Microsoft than they've ever made off of me" so I'm still cool with it <bg>
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>>Are you sure you didn't make that money from your own work and off your customers? Or were you reselling their wares?
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>The former. But all the money I have given MS since 1982 wouldn't add up to two months of what I've made using their tools. I have, in 2009 dollars, a 150K education which has never made me a dime (Jeopardy excluded) and have spent god knows how much on other tools that yielded a much lower return. I'm very grateful Balmer hoodwinked IBM so I don't have to eat an apple or become a Scientologist (I just can't shake the idea they are the same thing) and I really don't believe Microsoft is the source of all evil in the universe (a lot of it is Dick Cheney)
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>Never resold MS, just used their stuff instead of working for a living. <s> If my ROI with GM were the same I'd be able to buy an island <g>
===> a lot of it is Dick Cheney
Well, we can agree on that one!