You are totally correct: that is what I meant with mass market, but I could have been more succinct.

>Ah, but what of the general user (i.e. your customers)? They need valid license to a 32-bit Windows OS to run on a VM to run old VFP software.
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>>As I still have MSDN discs and keys, I only need to make sure such VMs don't get exposed to the wide internet.
>>Or have one [backupped] VM for each app nedding internet exposure.
>>Creating mass-market apps in vfp was never really the sweet spot ;-)
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>>>True but counteracted by MS's EOL policies e.g. WinXP on April 8 :-/
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>>>>True but counteracted IMO by VM technology
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>>>>>Of course dropping of 32-bit support might occur even before the adoption of a 128-bit OS. Many companies had disabled the 16-bit subsystem on their 32-bit computers because of the potential risk from security holes in 16-bit software. There may be a similar situation where 32-bit apps get cut off in the same way while folks are still using computers running in 64-bit mode.
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>>>>>>128-bit OS won't be commonly available for at least 20-30 years, that's my prediction. Too little profit both money wise and performance wise, way too high cost.