>>>. Meanwhile those who managed to keep earning $ with VFP while MS sequentially foxed its own recommendations, have reason to feel at least a little smug. Especially when they see what VFP Compiler and Lianja can do for them. ;-)

Uhm... no comment! ;)
So far VFP9 is rock stable while potential replacements are slowly but surely appearing on the horizon.
(Knock on wood) Life is good :)