>>>>If you don't want your .NET runtime stuff to be sending anything to somewhere you're unaware of then take
>>>> your stuff off the internet. Having it in VFP vs .NET does not make you any more safe if you're online (if
>>>> you're that worried about it).
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>>>As scalable cloud computing becomes more mature, its price will become so attractive that unless you are purposefully taking a stand against it, there will be no business case not to use cloud computing. And that is the factor Microsoft and other entities are relying upon.
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>>First computer I worked on was 1/2 the size of a football field and probably had less computing power that what is today a $30 rasberry pi (at least it had console and keyboards). Then computers got small and everyone got them in their house - days of dumb terminals gone. Now everything is back to the football field sized thing with server farms. Soon all that computing power will fit in something the size of a watch..and some football field sized thing that we can't even imagine yet will come with it....it's just the natural cycle of things ..hahaha...
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>You're talking about mechanics. I'm talking about applied mechanics as through political objectives.

oooh someone can use computers for political reasons?. ...uhhh yeah...along with pretty much anything else. You're problem isn't that they're being used that way - it's that you don't agree with the political objectives you've decided they're being used for then.. One man's terrorist is another mans freedom fighter...ha